Natural History of Memory Complaints

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Natural History of Memory Complaints

• IRAS ID

  187112

• Contact name

  Daniel Blackburn

• Contact email

  d.blackburn@shef.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 5 months, 30 days

• Research summary

  Many patients with memory problems assessed in the neurology-led memory clinic do not have dementia or another neurodegenerative or neurological cause of their memory problems. At present, this group accounts for approximately 50% of people seen in the memory clinic. Around one half of these patients have memory complaints due to low mood and depression (Depressive pseudodementia, DPD) and one half have Functional Memory Disorder (FMD). We would like to explore the natural history of patients with DPD and FMD and review the clinical notes and initial cognitive screening results to see if any features are more common in FMD and DPD.

  Primary Aims
  1. Determine the natural history of FMD and DPD.
  2. Investigate the subjective memory complaint profile of patients with FMD and DPD.
  3. Explore whether the brief cognitive screens provide a typical pattern for DPD and FMD

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/YH/0396

• Date of REC Opinion

  7 Oct 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion