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Barriers to self-management engagement among community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a qualitative study
Jinbin Sun, Yayi Zhao, Aihong Wang. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2025-01-07
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Twenty-six participants participated in the formal semi-structured interviews. The following themes and subthemes were identified: "inappropriate perceptions of MCI" ("low perception of risk from MCI" and "supposition of little personal control over MCI"), "elder self-neglect", and "lack of available information or support services about MCI". This study highlights significant barriers to self-management engagement among community-dwelling older adults with MCI, emphasizing the importance of developing tailored interventions that address misconceptions and self-neglect and enhance the availability of information and support services. These findings suggest avenues for policymakers and healthcare providers to foster more effective self-management practices in this population, promoting cognitive health and slowing potential progression to dementia.
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Sun, J., Zhao, Y., & Wang, A. (2025). Barriers to self-management engagement among community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1446344
Vancouver
Sun J, Zhao Y, Wang A. Barriers to self-management engagement among community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a qualitative study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2025. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1446344. PMID: 39850071.
BibTeX
@article{sun2025-39850071,
author = {Sun, Jinbin and Zhao, Yayi and Wang, Aihong},
title = {{Barriers to self-management engagement among community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a qualitative study}},
journal = {Frontiers in Psychiatry},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1446344},
pmid = {39850071},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1446344}
}
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Key findings
- Twenty-six participants participated in the formal semi-structured interviews.
- The following themes and subthemes were identified: "inappropriate perceptions of MCI" ("low perception of risk from MCI" and "supposition of little personal control over MCI"), "elder self-neglect", and "lack of available information or support services about MCI".
- This study highlights significant barriers to self-management engagement among community-dwelling older adults with MCI, emphasizing the importance of developing tailored interventions that address misconceptions and self-neglect and enhance the availability of information and support services.
- These findings suggest avenues for policymakers and healthcare providers to foster more effective self-management practices in this population, promoting cognitive health and slowing potential progression to dementia.
Why it matters
This qualitative study identified barriers to self-management among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, including misconceptions, self-neglect, and lack of information or support services. Tailored interventions addressing these barriers could help slow potential progression to dementia, but no treatment is tested.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Frontiers in Psychiatry) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Frontiers in Psychiatry: journal h-index 194 (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 | 2025 — 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) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 2 / 7 | Cited 6 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 2.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 3.8× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 1 / 6 | Cited by 1 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 6 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Aihong Wang: h-index 26 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine: institution h-index 276 (OpenAlex) |
| Multicenter collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 39850071) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1446344
- PubMed: 39850071
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