Cognitive Impairment - e.g. Dementia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Pilot Study of Cognitive Assessment in Welsh Speakers
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.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic