One language or two - does language use affect wellbeing?

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network; Subtopic: Parkinson's Disease; Disease: Parkinson's disease, Dementia; Nervous System Diseases; Parkinson's disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN20278495
• Lead Sponsor: Bangor University (UK)

Brief Summary

2016 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25420578

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-10-20
• Study Completion: 2013-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

1. Fluency in English
2. Ability to give informed consent
3. Fluency in Welsh (if bilingual)
4. Aged over 18 years, either sex

Healthy controls only:
5. Intact cognitive function as indicated by a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) core of 26 or above

Participants with AD/PD only:
6. Medical diagnosis of AD/PD
7. Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score of 18 or above
8. Availability of an informant

Exclusion Criteria

1. Fluency in a language other than Welsh and/or English
2. History of brain injury, neurological disorder, neurodegenerative disorder (other than AD/PD) schizophrenia or other significant mental health problems
3. Major depression (current)
4. Lack of capacity to give consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge, measured continuously throughout the study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secondary outcome measures