ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2026
Exploring Knowledge and Awareness of Lewy Body Dementia Among Staff in Long-Term Care Facilities.
Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: To assess the current level of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding Lewy Body dementia (LBD) among staff of all grades within long-term care (LTC) facilities. Methods: An anonymous online survey was developed, consisting of three sections assessing demographics, LBD knowledge, attitudes and practices. Questions were informed by analogous studies and were adapted following a trial phase. The survey was disseminated to all grades of staff members working in LTC facilities across the Republic of Ireland. Descriptive and inferential statistics are used to examine participant knowledge and attitudes, while a multivariable regression analysis is run to examine the drivers of knowledge. Results: 8.7% of people working in LTC facilities had never heard of LBD before. Staff in management positions and activity coordinator positions had a higher LBD knowledge score in comparison to non-clinical staff. Directors of nursing (DONs), assistant directors of nursing (ADONs) and clinical nurse managers (CNMs) were able to name more than one dementia subtype more frequently than other staff members. Vascular dementia was the most known dementia subtype outside of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Activity coordinators and directors of nursing reported a higher level of comfort caring for residents with LBD, were more satisfied in their job role, and felt sufficiently trained to care for residents with different types of dementia. Over 75% of respondents were willing to undergo specialised LBD training. Conclusions and Implications: The findings support further role-specific, and practical LBD training for all LTC staff. Interdisciplinary training and knowledge-sharing across job roles may enhance team cohesion, and the willingness of staff to engage in training is promising.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.