Validity and Reliability of the GPCOG -TR

Recruiting

• Conditions: Dementia

• Registration Number: NCT05704452
• Lead Sponsor: Yeditepe University

Brief Summary

The General Practitioner assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) was specifically developed as a brief cognitive screening tool to be used by general practitioners (GPs). It consists of a patient section testing cognition and an informant section asking historical questions. The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of GPCOG-TR on Turkish older adults.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-06
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-19
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-13
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-15
• Primary Completion: 2023-02-20
• Study Completion: 2023-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 230

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: least 55 years old
• Provide informed consent
• Diagnosed with dementia ( patient group)

Exclusion Criteria

• Living in a nursing home
• Presence of psychiatric disorders requiring treatment
• Presence of other comorbidity interfering with cognitive performance such as severe chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, anemia Impairment of auditory or visual perception
• Low education
• Known cognitive impairment (for control group only)
• Lack of a reliable informant.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Clinical Dementia Rating score (CDR)	1-2 hrs	The scoring system from 0 to 3 ( 0 means healthy while 3 Severe dementia )
the General Practitioner Cognitive Assessment tool (GPCOG-TR)	10 min	Total score: 15; * 9 for the patient part; * 6 for the informant part ( The lower the score the more serious is the cognition is)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)	5 min	Total score : 15; 0-4 are considered normal, depending on age, education, and complaints; 5-8 indicate mild depression; 9-11 indicate moderate depression; and 12-15 indicate severe depression.
Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive scale (ADAS-Cog)	30 min	The total ADAS-Cog score ranges from 0-70 with higher scores suggesting greater impairment.
The Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)	10 min	Total score : 30; Scores of 25-30 out of 30 are considered normal, 21-24 as mild, 10-20 as moderate and below 10 as severe impairment.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yeditepe University; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Ataşehir, Turkey