ArticleJournal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology2021
Measuring Awareness in People With Dementia: Results of a Systematic Scoping Review.
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- Rapid Review of Interventions Designed to Enhance Personalised Care for People With Dementia When There Are Concerns About Reduced Awareness of Difficulties.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Care challenges related to lack of awareness in people with dementia.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- Development of the Clinical Insight Questionnaire: A Novel Clinical Tool for the Assessment of Insight Into Cognitive Symptoms and Everyday Functioning in People With Neurodegeneration.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Article
- Healthcare Awareness Profile Interview: Development of a new evidence-based brief clinical tool to assess awareness in people with dementia.Neuropsychological rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Measures of Awareness in Alzheimer's Disease and Clinical Differences Between Groups with Preserved, Impaired, and Absent Awareness.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2024Article
- Trajectories of cognitive and perceived functional decline in people with dementia: Findings from the IDEAL programme.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- The use of virtual reality as a perspective-taking manipulation to improve self-awareness in Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Review
- Impaired Awareness in People with Severe Alcohol-Related Cognitive Deficits Including Korskoff's Syndrome: A Network Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Dyadic influences on awareness of condition in people with dementia: findings from the IDEAL cohort.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
- Awareness of Diagnosis in Persons with Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease: An Observational Study in Spain.Neurology and therapy · 2022Article
- Depression among caregivers of patients with dementia: Associative factors and management approaches.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
- Does awareness of condition help people with mild-to-moderate dementia to live well? Findings from the IDEAL programme.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Awareness and cognitive rehabilitation in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundAwareness of the diagnosis or related changes in functioning varies in people with dementia (PwD), with implications for the well-being of PwD and their carers. Measuring awareness in a clinical setting could facilitate tailored support and optimize involvement in personal health and care decisions. This scoping review aimed to identify validated methods of assessing awareness in dementia and appraise their clinical utility.
methodA systematic search was conducted of English-language publications that measured awareness in PwD, in 6 electronic databases. Search terms included dement*, Alzheimer*, Pick disease, and awareness, unawareness, anosognosia, insight, denial, metacognit*, or discrepanc*.
resultsWe screened 30,634 articles, finding 345 articles that met our inclusion criteria. We identified 76 measures, most commonly using a discrepancy questionnaire comparing evaluations of function by PwD and an informant. There were 30 awareness measures developed and validated for use in dementia populations but few designed for general clinical use.
conclusionsAlthough we found a range of clinical indications for measuring awareness, there were few studies investigating clinical applications and few tools designed for clinical purposes. Further investigation and development of a person-centered tool could facilitate health and care choices in mild-to-moderate dementia.
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