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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2007

The challenge of supporting care for dementia in primary care.

Malaz Boustani, Cathy Schubert, Youcef Sennour

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect of anticholinergic burden on cardiac functions in older patients.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026
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  10. Regional variation in diagnostic intensity of dementia among older U.S. adults: An observational study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  19. Challenges of Dementia Care in China.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Malaz BoustaniIndiana University Center for Aging Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-2872, USA. mboustani@regenstrief.org
Cathy Schubert
Youcef Sennour
Regenstrief Institute · US

Funding

Enhancing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults with CIK23AG026770 · NIA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI BOUSTANI, MALAZ · 2005 to 2008
$749k
NIA NIH HHS 1-K23-AG026770-01NIA NIH HHS K23 AG026770
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most patients with dementia receive care within primary care systems and have challenging medical and psychiatric issues. Their dementia related symptoms are often not recognized by the primary care system; they suffer from multiple chronic medical conditions; receive numerous psychotropic medications including anticholinergics; and display clinically relevant behavioral and psychological symptoms. Improving the care for such vulnerable patients demands supporting the primary care system with various resources, including dementia care managers, access to and coordination with interdisciplinary dementia specialists, and a feasible dementia screening and diagnosis process. Understanding primary care clinics as a complex adaptive system may enhance our capacity to deliver a flexible supportive process using the above crucial resources to adequately assess and effectively manage patients with dementia. Such a complex adaptive system process would have the best probability of surviving the unknowable future challenges that will face the primary care system.

Indexed as

DementiaHumansPrimary Health CareUnited States

Identifiers

PMID18225464
PMCPMC2686326
OpenAlexW1937841877

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