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Towards improving diagnosis of memory loss in general practice: TIMeLi diagnostic test accuracy study protocol

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Primary Care, July 2016
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Title
Towards improving diagnosis of memory loss in general practice: TIMeLi diagnostic test accuracy study protocol
Published in
BMC Primary Care, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12875-016-0475-2
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Authors

Sam T. Creavin, Sarah J. Cullum, Judy Haworth, Lesley Wye, Antony Bayer, Mark Fish, Sarah Purdy, Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Abstract

People with cognitive problems, and their families, report distress and uncertainty whilst undergoing evaluation for dementia and perceive that traditional diagnostic evaluation in secondary care is insufficiently patient centred. The James Lind Alliance has prioritised research to investigate the role of primary care in supporting a more effective diagnostic pathway, and the topic is also of interest to health commissioners. However, there are very few studies that investigate the accuracy of diagnostic tests for dementia in primary care. We will conduct a prospective diagnostic test accuracy study to evaluate the accuracy of a range of simple tests for diagnosing all-cause-dementia in symptomatic people aged over 70 years who have consulted with their general practitioner (GP). We will invite eligible people to attend a research clinic where they will undergo a range of index tests that a GP could perform in the surgery and also be assessed by a specialist in memory disorders at the same appointment. Participating GPs will request neuroimaging and blood tests and otherwise manage patients in line with their usual clinical practice. The reference standard will be the consensus judgement of three experts (neurologist, psychiatrist and geriatrician) based on information from the specialist assessment, GP records and investigations, but not including items in the index test battery. The target condition will be all-cause dementia but we will also investigate diagnostic accuracy for sub-types where possible. We will use qualitative interviews with patients and focus groups with clinicians to help us understand the acceptability and feasibility of diagnosing dementia in primary care using the tests that we are investigating. Our results will help clinicians decide on which tests to perform in someone where there is concern about possible dementia and inform commissioning of diagnostic pathways.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 69 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 16%
Student > Master 11 16%
Student > Bachelor 7 10%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Other 11 16%
Unknown 18 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 20%
Psychology 12 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 10%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 7%
Neuroscience 3 4%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 21 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 August 2016.
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#3,274,990
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#438
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#57,232
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Primary Care
#16
of 46 outputs
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