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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Public and participant involvement as a pathway to inclusive dementia research.

Sarah Walter, RÍona McArdle, Emily A Largent, Rebecca Edelmayer, Claire Sexton, Sandra Loyola Sandoval, Helen Medsger, Nancy Meserve, Roland Samaroo, Cynthia Sierra and 8 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Rethinking the relationship between ambulatory activity and falls in long-term care: risk versus reward.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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  9. Advancing global dementia research through equity and inclusion.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  17. Public and participant involvement as a pathway to inclusive dementia research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Sarah WalterAlzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7849-8553
RÍona McArdleNewcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Emily A LargentUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rebecca EdelmayerAlzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Claire SextonAlzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sandra Loyola SandovalPPI Member, San Diego, California, USA.
Helen MedsgerPPI Member, San Diego, California, USA.
Nancy MeservePPI Member, San Diego, California, USA.
Roland SamarooPPI Member, San Diego, California, USA.
Cynthia SierraPPI Member, San Diego, California, USA.
Marlon M P SmeitinkPPI Member, San Diego, California, USA.
Allison GibsonSaint Louis University, School of Social Work, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Sarah GregoryEdinburgh Dementia Prevention, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Diana KaramacoskaNICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Iracema LeroiSchool of Medicine and Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, UK.
Doris Molina-HenryAlzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, San Diego, California, USA.
Aida Suarez-GonzalezDementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Crystal M GloverRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Funding

The Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium - Down Syndrome Network (ACTC- DSN)U24AG057437 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Paul S. Aisen, RONALD C PETERSEN · 2018 to 2026
$198.4M
Research Education ComponentP30AG072979 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVID A WOLK · 2021 to 2026
$24.8M
Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium (ACTC) National Institute on Aging (NIA)Biomedical Research CentreNational Institute for Health and Care Research 30167NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072979NIA NIH HHS U24 AG057437NIH HHS U24AG057437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) urgently requires inclusive research to ensure the priorities and outcomes of research apply to those most impacted. We postulate public and participant involvement (PPI) as a pathway to achieving the best science, both in research that informs health and social policy as well as in therapeutic studies to treat and prevent ADRD. This position paper aims to provide dementia researchers with evidence to understand how to apply PPI. We begin by highlighting the disparities experienced by people with dementia, including ageism, stigma of cognitive impairment, and health disparities for minoritized communities. We then provide examples of PPI in ADRD across the research lifecycle, from defining research topics of priority to those impacted by ADRD, through the design, analysis, dissemination, and translation to policy and practice. We also provide recommendations to create and maintain collaboration between researchers and communities through PPI. HIGHLIGHTS: A central premise of public and participant involvement (PPI) is collaborative relationships between researchers and community members. To build equitable partnerships, researchers must acknowledge and understand the context of research. This includes ageism, the stigma of dementia, and ongoing discrimination for many minoritized communities. Meaningful partnerships include choice, respect, shared decision making, access, inclusion, and representation. Notably, we recommend that researchers begin partnerships early in the research process and share the impact of PPI on research.

Indexed as

Biomedical ResearchCommunity ParticipationDementiaPatient ParticipationAgeismHumansSocial Stigmacommunity engagementperson‐centered researchpublic and patient involvement

Identifiers

PMID39540563
PMCPMC11782197

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