Pilot Study of Cognitive Assessment in Welsh Speakers

NCT ID: NCT02199782

Last Updated: 2014-07-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-02-28

Study Completion Date

2015-10-31

Brief Summary

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19% of Wales' population speaks Welsh. Under the Welsh Language Act 1993, every public body providing services to the public in Wales has to prepare a scheme setting out how it will provide those services in Welsh.

Diagnosing dementia requires a comprehensive assessment, an essential component of which is a cognitive assessment tool, which takes the form of a questionnaire. In clinical practice, this is currently only available through the medium of English.

The investigators objective is to measure the difference between Cognitive Assessment scores (using the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA)), when done in English and Welsh, in those who are cognitively impaired and whose first language is Welsh. The investigators predict that there will be a significant difference in scores in favour of the Welsh-medium tests, thus proving that the current mode of administering the test is prejudiced against patients whose first language is Welsh.

If the investigators predictions are correct, then the investigators would seek to introduce a validated Welsh-language cognitive assessment tool to the domain of the Welsh NHS.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cognitive Impairment - e.g. Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Welsh

Participants will complete the cognitive assessment in Welsh and in English these will be compared to assess whether first language Welsh speakers perform better in Welsh.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Welsh language Cognitive Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

This intervention may intervene by displaying a more realisitic reflection of the patient's cognitive ability by assessing the patient in their first language

English

Participants will complete the cognitive assessment in Welsh and in English these will be compared to assess whether first language Welsh speakers perform better in Welsh.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Welsh language Cognitive Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

This intervention may intervene by displaying a more realisitic reflection of the patient's cognitive ability by assessing the patient in their first language

Interventions

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Welsh language Cognitive Assessment

This intervention may intervene by displaying a more realisitic reflection of the patient's cognitive ability by assessing the patient in their first language

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Welsh Speakers - self-identify as first-language Welsh
* Diagnosis of Dementia - recorded in patient's case notes

Exclusion Criteria

* Refusal
* Intercurrent illness
* Blind/any other disability which may prevent participant from fully completing Cognitive Assessment
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Conor Martin

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Conor Martin

Dr Conor Martin

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sion Jones, MBBCh

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

BCUHB NHS

Locations

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Ysbyty Glan Clwyd

Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Conor Martin, MBBCh

Role: CONTACT

+447525931775

Facility Contacts

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Conor Martin, MBBCh

Role: primary

+447525931775

References

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Cummings JL, Benson F, Hill MA, Read S. Aphasia in dementia of the Alzheimer type. Neurology. 1985 Mar;35(3):394-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.35.3.394.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 3974897 (View on PubMed)

Mendez MF, Perryman KM, Ponton MO, Cummings JL. Bilingualism and dementia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1999 Summer;11(3):411-2. doi: 10.1176/jnp.11.3.411. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10440021 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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BCUHB - PS - CAWS - 1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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