ArticleBMJ open2019
Effectiveness of interventions for dementia in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analysis.
Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Mapping Review of 525 Randomised Controlled Trials on Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Formal and Informal Carers in Chinese Communities.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Interventions to Support Carers of People With Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Quality Dementia Clinical Guidelines for the Development of WHO's Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation.The Gerontologist · 2023Pooled it
- Management Practice and Clinical Outcomes of Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.Behavioural neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Biomarkers of neurodegeneration across the Global South.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2024Review
- Care of Older Persons in Eastern Africa: A Scoping Review of Ethical Issues.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Dementia caregiving across Latin America and the Caribbean and brain health diplomacy.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2021Review
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12 authors.
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Abstract
introductionThere are more people living with dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries. Evidence-based interventions to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their carers are needed, but a systematic mapping of methodologically robust studies in LMICs and synthesis of the effectiveness of dementia interventions in these settings is missing. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to answer the question: Which dementia interventions were shown to be effective in LMICs and how do they compare to each other? Electronic database searches (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, Global Health, WHO Global Index Medicus, Virtual Health Library, Cochrane CENTRAL, Social Care Online, BASE, MODEM Toolkit, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews) will be complemented by hand searching of reference lists and local knowledge of existing studies from an international network of researchers in dementia from LMICs. Studies will be eligible for inclusion if they were published between 2008 and 2018, conducted in LMICs and evaluated the effectiveness of a dementia intervention using a study design that supports causal inference of the treatment effect. We will include both randomised and non-randomised studies due to an anticipated low number of well-conducted randomised trials in LMICs and potentially greater external validity of non-randomised studies conducted in routine care settings. In addition to narrative synthesis of the interventions, feasibility of pairwise and network meta-analyses will be explored to obtain pooled effects of relative treatment effects. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Secondary analysis of published studies, therefore no ethics approval required. Planned dissemination channels include a peer-reviewed publication as well as a website, DVD and evidence summaries. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42018106206.
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