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2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2024-04-30
Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis
These figures reflect a decline in the number of caregivers compared with a decade earlier, as well as an increase in the amount of care provided by each remaining caregiver. Its costs, however, extend to unpaid caregivers' increased risk for emotional distress and negative mental and physical health outcomes.
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APA 7th
2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. (2024). Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13809
Vancouver
2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2024. doi:10.1002/alz.13809. PMID: 38689398.
BibTeX
@article{study2024-38689398,
title = {{2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures}},
journal = {Alzheimer's \& dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.1002/alz.13809},
pmid = {38689398},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13809}
}
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Key findings
- These figures reflect a decline in the number of caregivers compared with a decade earlier, as well as an increase in the amount of care provided by each remaining caregiver.
- Its costs, however, extend to unpaid caregivers' increased risk for emotional distress and negative mental and physical health outcomes.
Why it matters
This 2024 report says there are fewer caregivers than a decade earlier and that each remaining caregiver provides more care. It also reports that unpaid caregivers face an increased risk of emotional distress and of worse mental and physical health. This is an association, not proof that caregiving causes it. The record gives no figures and tests no treatment, so it describes the caregiving burden rather than showing what reduces it.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 62/100
Published in a leading specialty journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 58 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 62 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 9 / 10 | Tier 2 — leading specialty journal (Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Alzheimer s & Dementia: journal h-index 228 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2024 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 7 / 7 | Cited 2,481 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 5 / 5 | 620.2 citations a year over 4 year(s) since 2024 |
| Impact for its field and year | 6 / 6 | Cited 665.9× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 6 / 6 | Cited by 202 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 4 / 4 | Cited 2,449 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 38689398) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 58 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 58 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 62 out of 100. |
| Total | 62 / 100 | — |
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