Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-06 @ 7:52 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:15 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06162026
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-04-25
First Post:
2023-11-29
Brief Title:
Cognitive Screening Made Easy for PCPs - R33 Phase
Sponsor:
University of Texas at Austin
Organization:
University of Texas at Austin
Study Overview
Official Title:
Cognitive Screening Made Easy for PCPs - R33 Phase
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
This project will facilitate early detection of cognitive decline in older adults through development and implementation of an automated risk assessment and cognitive screening tool for use in primary care By providing an automated tool developed specifically to address the needs of PCPs it will be easier to screen for cognitive impairment increasing the number of older adults who are screened and thus identified and treated
Detailed Description:
In the United States and around the world people are living longer lives As the population ages so does the number of older adults who may experience declines in memory attention reasoning or other thinking skills Some of these changes in cognition can be treated and reversed if caught early Others can be slowed down and hopefully one day prevented Unfortunately people with cognitive decline or very mild dementia often are not recognized until late in the disease course when treatments are less effective As the first health care professional most people reach out to about medical concerns primary care providers play a critical role in detecting cognitive decline early While many primary care providers conduct cognitive screening at Medicare Annual Wellness Visits and when patients voice concerns 9 out of 10 would like more information about who to screen which assessment tool to use and what to say if screening is positive Deciding who to screen with a brief cognitive assessment tool is a key part of the process because not everyone needs to be screened and primary care providers already face time pressures to address the obvious and immediate concerns of their patients The long-term goal of this project is to develop a risk assessment and cognitive screening tool that requires minimal time and effort from primary care providers or their staff and is sensitive to cognitive decline in older adults from diverse educational and racialethnic backgrounds The tool will be integrated into electronic health record systems to make it easy for primary care providers and patients to see results The specific aims for the R33 phase of this project are to further test the effectiveness of the newly developed risk assessment and cognitive screening application in 500 older adults receiving care in two primary care clinics to find out from primary care providers using the tool how much they liked it and if it was useful and easy to use and to integrate findings into multiple electronic health record systems Findings from this project will fill a gap in the existing toolkit of primary care providers and will make screening for cognitive decline quick easy and effective
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None