Identifying risk factors for early onset dementia
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Identifying risk factors for early onset dementia
IRAS ID
317305
Contact name
Andrew English
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Teesside
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Mind001, unique idnetifyer
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, days
Research summary
The proposed study will consist of a multi-variate analysis of anonymised medical data, data fields will include full blood count and electrolytes, disease state and comorbidities belonging to individual's suffering from cognitive impairment. Participants will be included if they exhibited symptoms of cognitive impairment pre-seventy years of age and those after 70 years of age. The analysis will utilise the blood-test results shown in the electronic medical record and will idnentify if interleukin, sodium and potassium are early risk factors for early onset cognitive impairment. Participants are those currently living in the residential dementia care services provided by Craig healthcare and anonymous medical data will be provided by their general practitioners.
REC name
Wales REC 1
REC reference
22/WA/0251
Date of REC Opinion
9 Sep 2022
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion