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Cognitive Functioning in People with Myasthenia Graivs: Impact on Daily Life Activities, Work, Disability and Quality of Life

RECRUITINGSponsored by Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Actively Recruiting
SponsorFondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Started2023-06-07
Est. completion2025-04
Eligibility
Age18 Years – 99 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

MYCOG primarily aims to estimate the prevalence of cognitive difficulties in patients with MG treated at Besta Institute. Secondary aims include: a) assess the degree to which cognitive difficulties are associated to work impairment, limitations in ADL, symptoms of anxiety and depression, fatigue, disability and QoL; b) assess whether patients with different MG types show different degrees of cognitive impairment; c) assess whether patients with different MG antibody profiles show different degrees of cognitive impairment; d) assess whether patients under different MG-specific pharmacological treatments show different degrees of cognitive impairment.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years – 99 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with MG,
* followed-up at Besta institute
* aged 18-99,
* able to understand Italian language;

Exclusion Criteria:

* psychiatric comorbidies of psychotic nature;
* do not accept to participate on a voluntary basis;
* patients who should be excluded based on physician's judgement;
* patients who live in a nursing home for aged or disabled persons;
* respiratory impairment (patients under mechanical ventilation)

Conditions4

AnxietyCancerDepressionMyasthenia Gravis

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