Trial reportInternational journal of geriatric psychiatry2018
The IDEMCare Study-Improving Dementia Care in Black African and Caribbean Groups: A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Interventions to promote dementia knowledge among racial/ethnic minority groups: A systematic review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Pooled it
- The IDEMCare Study-Improving Dementia Care in Black African and Caribbean Groups: A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2018Trial
- Health service access for ethnically underrepresented communities: A scoping review of complex interventions.PloS one · 2026Article
- A multiperspective investigation of the underrepresentation of minoritized ethnic participants in dementia research and proposed strategies to improve inclusive recruitment practices.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
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- Including ethnic minorities in dementia research: Recommendations from a scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2022Article
- Diminished Returns of Parental Education in Terms of Youth School Performance: Ruling out Regression toward the Mean.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a tailored evidence-based intervention, consisting of a leaflet and a letter, to encourage timely help-seeking for dementia in Black elders.
methodsParticipating GP surgeries were randomised to send either the intervention or a control leaflet about ageing well to Black patients aged ≥50 years old without known dementia. We interviewed patients 2 weeks later about the intervention's acceptability using closed and open-ended questions, and they completed a Theory-of-Planned-behaviour questionnaire about what they would do if they developed memory problems, which they also completed 4 months later.
resultsFive of 26 surgeries approached agreed to invite patients. Sixty-five patients responded, of whom 61 (93.8%) agreed to participate. At 2 weeks, we consented and interviewed 47/61 (77%), of whom 24 received the intervention, and at 4 months we followed up 43/47 (91.5%). At 2 weeks, 44/47 (93.6%) found either intervention acceptable to receive by post, including 23/24 of the intervention. Nineteen of 24 (79.2%) reported reading the intervention leaflet compared with 13/23 (56.5%) controls. The intervention leaflet made 16/24 (66.7%) think about visiting their doctor for memory problems and led 4 to help-seeking behaviour. We calculated that 191 patients and 24 surgeries are required for an efficacy trial.
conclusionsGiven the intervention is acceptable, inexpensive, and unlikely to cause harm, we judge it appropriate to disseminate it without a full-scale trial. Recruitment attainment, retention, and projected sample size calculation indicated feasibility for a larger trial.
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