Status:

COMPLETED

Study of Depressive Symptoms Predicting Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Lead Sponsor:

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Conditions:

Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Postoperative Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Brief Summary

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) describes a condition where cognitive functions such as attention, perception, concentration, learning, abstract thinking and problem solving are impaired po...

Detailed Description

The aetiology of POCD is multifactorial. One described risk factor is preoperative existing depressive symptoms in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. A total of 300 consecutive patients and 80 heal...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria for patients and healthy controls:
  • Age \> 60 years
  • Written informed patient's consent
  • Additional Inclusion Criteria for patients:
  • Elective non-cardiac surgery and non-neurosurgical procedures in general anaesthesia or combined general/regional anaesthesia
  • Minimum of duration of operation 120 minutes
  • Baseline testing 3-14 days preoperatively
  • Additional Inclusion Criteria for healthy controls:
  • matched for age, gender and education
  • no surgery over the study period
  • Exclusion Criteria for patients and healthy control:
  • German not mother tongue
  • Illiteracy
  • Mental disability
  • Vision impairment not correctable
  • Hearing impairment not correctable
  • Illegal substance abuse (current or past history)
  • Alcohol abuse (current or past history)
  • Chronic benzodiazepine use
  • Psychosis (current or past history)
  • Parkinson Disease
  • Dementia
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Epilepsy (current or past history)
  • Cerebral tumor (current or past history)
  • Apoplexy or intracranial bleeding (current or past history)
  • Severe traumatic brain injury (current or past history)
  • Severe liver disease (Child Pugh B, C, liver insufficiency)
  • Severe kidney disease with dialysis
  • Mini Mental Status Examination \< 24 points

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 1 2014

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 1 2018

    Estimated Enrollment :

    300 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT02210312

    Start Date

    May 1 2014

    End Date

    October 1 2018

    Last Update

    April 30 2019

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    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Alwin E. Goetz and Prof. Dr. med. Christian Zoellner

    Hamburg, Germany, 20246