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europsychological functioning of COPD patients and the influence on health status, daily functioning and treatment.

Conditions
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
10006436
Registration Number
NL-OMON38032
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
345
Inclusion Criteria

Patients:
*Diagnosis: COPD according to the Global Initiative For Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) definition. ;Matched control group:
*partner, brother or sister of an included patient
*smoking status comparable with smoking status form included patient (current smoker; non smoker; former smoker).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients:
*Patient is not clinically stable during 4 weeks preceding enrolment
*Previous diagnosis of dementia
*Patient does not speak Dutch well enough to participate
*At the moment of testing, patients who were referred by their general practitioner but are also treated by a chest physician or are currently referred for pulmonary rehabilitation.
*At the moment of testing, patients who were referred by the chest physician but are also referred for pulmonary rehabilitation. ;Matched control group:
*Diagnoses of COPD or Asthma
*Previous diagnosis of dementia
*Participant does not speak Dutch well enough to participate
*Age of the matched control differ more than 10 years from the age of the patient for who he/she was matched
*level of education of the matched control differ more than 3 levels from the level of education for who he/she was matched

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Raw scores on the different subtest of the neuropsychological test battery and<br /><br>5 compound scores for the cognitive domains: motor speed, memory, cognitive<br /><br>flexibility, planning and general cognitive functioning (cognitive index).</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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