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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2018

Perspectives on Communicating Biomarker-Based Assessments of Alzheimer's Disease to Cognitively Healthy Individuals.

Richard Milne, Eline Bunnik, Ana Diaz, Edo Richard, Shirlene Badger, Dianne Gove, Jean Georges, Karine Fauria, Jose-Luis Molinuevo, Katie Wells and 2 more

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Richard MilneDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Eline BunnikDepartment of Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ana DiazAlzheimer Europe, Luxembourg.
Edo RichardDepartment of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Shirlene BadgerDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Dianne GoveAlzheimer Europe, Luxembourg.
Jean GeorgesAlzheimer Europe, Luxembourg.
Karine FauriaBarcelonaBeta Brain Research Centre, Fundació Pasqual Maragall, Barcelona, Spain.
Jose-Luis MolinuevoBarcelonaBeta Brain Research Centre, Fundació Pasqual Maragall, Barcelona, Spain.
Katie WellsCentre of Mental Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Craig RitchieCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Carol BrayneDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Alzheimer Europe · LUUniversity of Cambridge · GBPasqual Maragall Foundation · ESCentre for Mental Health · GBErasmus MC · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In clinical trials which target pathophysiological mechanisms associated with Alzheimer's disease, research participants who are recruited based on biomarker test results should be informed about their increased risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia. This paper presents the results of a qualitative focus group study of attitudes and concerns toward learning information about biomarker-based risk status among healthy research participants in the United Kingdom and Spain and people with dementia and their supporters/caregivers from countries represented in the European Working Group of People with Dementia of Alzheimer Europe. The study identified expectations related to learning risk status and preferences related to the content, quality, and follow-up of the disclosure process. The latter emphasize distinctions between risk and diagnoses, the importance of clear information about risk, and suggestions for risk reduction, as well as expectations for follow up and support. The implications of these preferences for practice are discussed. Providing details of research participants' experience and views may serve as a guide for the development of processes for the responsible disclosure of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers.

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BiomarkersAdultAgedAlzheimer DiseaseCaregiversDisclosureFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchRisk FactorsSpainUnited KingdomBiomarkersBiomarkersdisclosureethicsfocus groupsqualitative research

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PMID29480179
PMCPMC5836405
OpenAlexW2789133178

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