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SynthesisJournal of intellectual disability research : JIDR2025

Views and Experiences of Dementia in People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research.

Joanna Carter, Aimee Spector, Afia Ali, Amelia McFeeters, Sarah Butt, Georgina Charlesworth

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Synthesis in Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Joanna CarterResearch Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3690-957X
Aimee SpectorResearch Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
Afia AliWolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Amelia McFeetersIndependent Researcher, London, UK.
Sarah ButtIndependent Researcher, London, UK.
Georgina CharlesworthResearch Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is important to hear the perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities on dementia. This review aimed to explore views and experiences of dementia from the perspective of people with intellectual disabilities and methodologies enabling people with intellectual disabilities and dementia to participate in qualitative research.

methodsStudies were identified in database searches, along with reference and citation searches. Qualitative data were reviewed using thematic synthesis and risk of bias assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (2018). Methodologies used to include participants with intellectual disabilities and dementia were reviewed.

resultsFindings from 11 studies, with a total of 47 participants, highlighted loss of ability, relationships and connection associated with dementia, counteracted by support from others, and maintenance of a sense of self through choice, relational connection and competence. A range of methodologies were identified to enable participants with intellectual disabilities and dementia to participate in research.

conclusionsThis review highlights emerging, albeit demographically limited, qualitative research in this field. It suggests ways to build on this including methodologies to facilitate inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities and dementia in further research.

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DementiaIntellectual DisabilityHumansQualitative Researchdementiaintellectual disabilityqualitative researchsystematic review

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PMID40090861
PMCPMC12198092

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