Active clinical trials for "Cognition Disorders"

The investigators aim to explore the effect of puzzle mobile or tablet-based games on problem-solving impairment resulting from a first-time stroke. This is a randomized-controlled trial with the intervention arm consisting of puzzle gaming applications and the control arm consisting of stroke-relevant educational videos provided and encouraged throughout the course of participants' acute inpatient rehabilitation stay.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate if Uricap Female, an uridome for women, can be used instead of traditional incontinence aids to treat urinary incontinence (UI) among women 75 years and older.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of dexmedetomidine in reducing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in cardiac surgical patients which use cardiopulmonary bypass machine (CPB). Materials and Methods: This study was double-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Patients scheduled for elective CPB facilitated cardiac surgery were randomly assigned in two groups, dexmedetomidine group (DEX) or control group. The cognitive tests (MoCA test and Short bless test) were done before the operation, 48 hours, and 7 days postoperatively. POCD was defined as a decline of 1SD of baseline score in any test. Arterial blood sample were analyzed for IL-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha and hs-CRP before induction (T0), after separation from CPB (T1), arrival at ICU (T2) and 24-hour after surgery (T3). Primary outcome was the incidence of POCD and the secondary outcomes were inflammatory response, other postoperative complications, ICU and hospital stay.

Olfactory identification deficits occur in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), are associated with disease severity, predict conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to AD and are associated with healthy elderly subjects developing MCI. Odor (olfactory) identification deficits may reflect degeneration of cholinergic inputs to the olfactory bulb and other olfactory brain regions. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (ACheI) like donepezil show modest effects in improving cognition but can be associated with adverse effects and increased burden and costs because of the need for prolonged, often lifelong, treatment. Converging findings on odor identification test performance (UPSIT, scratch and sniff 40-item test) from four pilot studies, including two of our own, suggest that acute change in the UPSIT in response to an anticholinergic challenge (atropine nasal spray), incremental change over 8 weeks, and even the baseline UPSIT score by itself, may predict cognitive improvement with ACheI treatment in MCI and AD. If change in odor identification deficits can help to identify which patients should receive ACheI treatment, this simple inexpensive approach will advance the goal of improving personalized treatment, improve selection and monitoring of patients for ACheI treatment, reduce needless ACheI exposure with risk of side effects, and decrease health care costs.

This is a steering group approved substudy to the Target Temperature Management trial (TTM, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01020916). TTM compares the effect of two strictly controlled temperature regimes for survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The primary aim of this sub-study is to compare the amount of cognitive impairment in cardiac arrest survivors treated with 33 degrees and 36 degrees and with a matched group of control patients with myocardial infarction. Our secondary aims are: To investigate the impact of cognitive impairment on our patients' ability to participate in society and their health related quality of life. To investigate the relationship between our patients cognitive impairments and their relatives/informants health related quality of life and feelings of burden. To test the hypothesis that the simple cognitive screening battery used in the TTM main trial is sensitive enough to detect all patients with significant cognitive disability.

This is a small pilot trial of a 5 month aerobic exercise intervention in participants with MCI (n=20) to begin to compare the effects of randomization to use an exercise buddy or to exercise without an assigned buddy. The investigators hypothesize that participants with MCI who exercise with a buddy will have higher adherence to the protocol and greater improvement in 400 meter walk time.

The purpose of this study, is to investigate if low intensity electromagnetic radiation, can influence the cognitive performances and well being of healthy adolescents and adults. Furthermore, the purpose is to provide any special information about the subjects which can cause the possible reactions. Finally, the investigation will try to clarify if there is anything specific in the radiation signal that causes the effect

Neuropsychological tests currently considered to evaluate the cognitive performance of the oldest-old population (more than 80 years) are not adapted to this group population. This trial aims to determine the normal limits for this group population of a set of 18 neuropsychological test. Results may improve the diagnostic cognitive evaluation of this population.

The main objective of this study is to look for the interest forecast of the IPS as infra-clinical cardiovascular marker in the prediction of a change of the cognitive functions (MCI) at the elderly of 70 and more years old without clinical cardiovascular pathology.

The objective of this single-center retrospective observational study is to describe cognitive and psychological outcomes and their impact on quality of life after at least 3 months of intensive care unit (ICU) discharge in severe COVID-19 survivors.