Dementia risk reduction in the general practice: a tailored approach
- Conditions
- Dementia / cognitive decline
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25703
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
• Registered with a participating general practice
• Age 40 – 60 on date of consent
• Presence of one (or more) of the following risk factors:
- Depression – previous history or active episode of minor depression as recorded on medical record – if GP deems patient fit to participate
- Diabetes type 2 (diagnosis e.g. on a diabetes disease register) o Hypertension
- Obesity (BMI = 30)
- Current smoker
- Hyperlipidemia
- More than moderate consumption of alcohol (>1 standard drink per day)
- Coronary heart disease
- Chronic kidney disease
- Inactive to moderately inactive lifestyle (assessed using the European Prospective
Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Physical activity questionnaire)
- Unhealthy diet (defined as non-adherence to the Mediterranean diet, assessed
using the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS))
- Lack of cognitive activity (assessed using the Cognitive Reserve Index
questionnaire (CRIq))
• Proficient in Dutch language
• Access to internet in order to use the smartphone application
• Owns a smartphone
Active episode of major depression, while GP deems patient unfit to participate, recorded in medical record or assessed by a validated instrument
• People unable to give IC
• People with dementia
• People with certain conditions because of which they cannot make the suggested lifestyle changes by default (e.g. special dietary requirements due to e.g. bariatric surgery or coeliac disease); movement constraints (e.g. due to cerebral palsy or hemiparesis)
• People who have previously used the MijnBreincoach app
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method