Validity and Reliability of the GPCOG -TR

Yeditepe University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Dementia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05704452

GPCOG Validity

Details and patient eligibility

About

The General Practitioner assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) was specifically developed as a brief cognitive screening tool to be used by general practitioners (GPs). It consists of a patient section testing cognition and an informant section asking historical questions. The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of GPCOG-TR on Turkish older adults.

Enrollment: 230 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: least 55 years old
• Provide informed consent
• Diagnosed with dementia ( patient group)

Exclusion criteria

• Living in a nursing home
• Presence of psychiatric disorders requiring treatment
• Presence of other comorbidity interfering with cognitive performance such as severe chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, anemia Impairment of auditory or visual perception
• Low education
• Known cognitive impairment (for control group only)
• Lack of a reliable informant.

Trial design

230 participants in 2 patient groups

Patient group

Description:

who diagnosed with dementia

Control group

Description:

who diagnosed as healthy (don't have dementia)