Analysis of the amount of fat, muscle and bone in older people without dementia and with Alzheimer's disease.
- Conditions
- Dementia in Alzheimer's disease
- Registration Number
- RBR-3ccyk2
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de São Carlos
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
The eligibility criteria are older people aged 54 years old or over, not institutionalized and with the possibility of contacting them by phone or home address. Inclusion criteria are available to participate in the proposed evaluations; present diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in the mild or moderate phases, according to the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual for Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-4) and the Dementia Assessment Score or be preserved cognitively.
The criteria for exclusion are sensorial or function commitments that affect the application of proposed tests and the presence of neurological diseases that interfere in cognition, such as Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, and brain trauma.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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