The usage of memory strategy of depressive elderly. Is there a difference between healthy elderly and depressive elderly? - The usage of memory strategy of depressive elderly.

Delta Psychiatrisch Centrum (Portugaal)0 个研究点目标入组 68 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年5月13日

适应症

试验速览

暂无简介。

•chapter 4.2 protocol
•Inclusion criteria patients:
•age >=60
•patients with a chronic depression, depression partly in remission or dysthyme, according to DSM-IV criteria, receiving treatment
•affective disorder must exist over at least 6 months (psychofarmacological treatment is allowed, but the name and dosis of the drug must be known)
•Scores on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) between 11 en 19 (mild depressive symptoms)
•Scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) equal or higher than 25
•Scores on the Visuele Associatie Test (VAT) higher than percentile 10;chapter 4.4
•inclusion criteria healthy elderly:
•age >= 60
•no psychiatric problems in history nor current
•MMSE >= 25
•VAT> percentile 10

•chapter 4.3 exclusion criteria patients:
•Patients who might have dementia or delirium and patients with MMSE-scores lower than 25 at the start of the research
•GDS<11 (no depressive symptoms) of GDS >19 (severe depressive symptoms)
•Severe behavioral problems, psychiatric or cognitive problems (for example CVA, but also other DSM-IV diagnoses or personality disorders), which cause that the patient cannot be instructed or cause that the patient is not suitable for a testsession
•Extreme and invalidating fysical or conditional problems
•Patients who cannot travel to the testlocation in Poortugaal
•VAT<= percentile 10
•Estimated verbal IQ< 90 measured by the Nederlandse Leestest voor Volwassenen (NLV);chapter 4.5 exclusion criteria healthy elderly:
•Elderly who might have dementia or delirium and elderly with MMSE-scores lower than 25 at the start of the research
•GDS >=11
•Having psychiatric problems currently or in history
•Severe behavioral problems, psychiatric or cognitive problems (for example CVA, but also other DSM-IV diagnoses or personality disorders), which cause that the elderly cannot be instructed or cause that the elderly is not suitable for a testsession
•Extreme and invalidating fysical or conditional problems
•cannot travel to the testlocation (in Poortugaal or elsewhere in the Netherlands)
•VAT<= percentile 10
•Estimated verbal IQ< 90 measured by the NLV

发起方

Delta Psychiatrisch Centrum (Portugaal)