Assessing Neurovisual Function in Patients With Cognitive Impairment

Turku University Hospital (TYKS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Glaucoma; Glaucoma and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Device: Ocusweep test battery; Diagnostic Test: Neuropsychological test battery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03333096

T212/2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to measure fitness to drive in patients with a visual and a cognitive impairment. To do so, Ocusweep is used in patients with glaucoma and Mild Cognitive Impairment. The participants will be divided over four groups; patients with glaucoma, patients with cognitive impairment, patients with both and a healthy control group. Differences in performance on Ocusweep in the four different groups of participants are expected. These effects may be related to fitness to drive, which is why those results will be compared to traditional neuropsychological measures of fitness to drive. the hypothesis of the current study is that the Ocusweep performance is related to performance on other measures of fitness to drive.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be at least 65 years old
• Fit into one of the four groups of participants
• No other eye diseases than glaucoma
• Still be able to and allowed to drive a car
• Be able to visit the Turku Driver's Clinic for testing

Exclusion criteria

• A history of neurological disorders, depression or anxiety
• Motor problems
• Visual acuity less than 0.5
• Score over 6 in Geriatric Depression Scale questionnaire (GDS 15)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

Glaucoma and mild cognitive impairment

Other group

Description:

Device: Ocusweep test battery Neuropsychological test battery Ocusweep system compared to neuropsychological testing

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Neuropsychological test battery

Device: Ocusweep test battery