ArticleBJPsych bulletin2019
Against the stream: early diagnosis of dementia, is it so desirable?
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Time to Diagnosis in Dementia: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Contribution and legacy: a qualitative study of older people's attitudes about sharing their routinely collected health data for research purposes in New Zealand.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- A mapping review of studies exploring the barriers and facilitators to a dementia diagnosis through an intersectionality lens.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- The significance of a dementia diagnosis from the perspective of the family caregivers: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Neuropsychological Assessment for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Dementia: Current Knowledge and New Insights.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Visual processing speed and its association with future dementia development in a population-based prospective cohort: EPIC-Norfolk.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Exploring the lived experience: impact of dementia diagnosis on individuals with cognitive impairment - a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Informal dementia care: The carer's lived experience at the divides between policy and practice.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Digital phenotyping and the (data) shadow of Alzheimer's disease.Big data & society · 2022Article
- Ageing and dementia: age-period-cohort effects of policy intervention in England, 2006-2016.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
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- Effect of neurological screening on early dementia detection in southern Italy.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- The diagnostic accuracy of CTseg segmentation software for dementia in a New Zealand memory service.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reportsArticle
- Ethical issues when using digital biomarkers and artificial intelligence for the early detection of dementia.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Data mining and knowledge discoveryReview
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Abstract
SummaryThe Prime Minister's challenge on dementia called for improved dementia diagnosis rates, based on assumptions of benefit to individuals and those who care for them. Subsequent policies have led to increased target drives for clinical practice to achieve early diagnosis of dementia through intense case identification. However, the current evidence base and treatment options do not support screening for dementia, and there is little empirical evidence that such intensive case identification and early diagnosis for dementia is justified without a better understanding of the benefits, costs and potential harms to individuals and services.Declaration of interestNone.
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