The AHEAD study - Do patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia who undergo healthcare interventions including surgery and anaesthesia, suffer cognitive decline of an increased frequency or severity when compared to a comparable diagnostic group who do not undergo such interventions.

St Vincent's Hospital0 sites252 target enrollmentJanuary 6, 2014

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

January 6, 2014

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Sponsor

St Vincent's Hospital

•1\. Patients aged \>\=60 years
•2\. Mild Cognitive Impairement (MCI) or very\-mild to mild dementia (CDR global 0\.5 \- 1\.0\)
•3\. Able to provide written informed consent
•4\. Live within a reasonable distance of St Vincent's Hospital (for home neuropsychological assessments)
•5\. No contraindication to neuropsychological testing (eg. language, significant depression, deaf or blind)

•1\. Pre\-existing neurological or clinically evident neurovascular disease (eg. stroke)
•2\. Severe dementia (CDR\>\=2\)
•3\. Dementia known to be due to causes other than AD.
•4\. Non\-english speaker; deafness, blindness
•5\. Medical co\-morbidity that may lead to complications and loss to follow\-up