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Preoperative Cognitive Screening of Elderly Surgical Patients

NCT01826825 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2021-04-14

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Summary

The objectives of this pilot study are:

1. to determine whether a short cognitive test battery administered in the preadmission test center can be used to cognitively stratify elderly patients presenting for elective surgical procedures.
2. to evaluate the cost of cognitive screening in the preoperative testing center in terms of time and finances.
3. to evaluate patient perceptions about the use of preoperative cognitive screening and their outcome expectations from their surgical procedure.

Subsequent investigations may evaluate whether preoperative cognitive screening is a predictor of postoperative morbidity and mortality in elderly surgical patients and whether a short cognitive screen administered in the preadmission testing center could be used to identify individuals with baseline cognitive impairments that should be refered for more formal cognitive evaluation.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Screen

Cognitive Screen

BEHAVIORAL

Mini-Cog

Cognitive Screen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Angela Bader, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • James Rudolph, MD · Brigham Hospital

  • Deborah J Culley, MD · Brigham Hospital

  • Devon M Flaherty, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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