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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Prevention and risk

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Dementia is a clinical syndrome of widespread progressive deterioration of cognitive abilities and normal daily functioning. These cognitive and behavioral impairments pose considerable challenges to individuals with dementia, along with their family members and caregivers. Four primary dementia classifications have been defined according to clinical and research criteria: 1) Alzheimer's disease; 2) vascular dementias; 3) frontotemporal dementias; and 4) dementia with Lewy bodies/Parkinson's disease dementia. The cumulative efforts of multidisciplinary healthcare teams have advanced our understanding of dementia beyond basic descriptions, towards a more complete elucidation of risk factors, clinical symptoms, and neuropathological correlates. The characterization of disease subtypes has facilitated targeted management strategies, advanced treatments, and symptomatic care for individuals affected by dementia. This review briefly summarizes the current state of knowledge and directions of dementia research and clinical practice. We provide a description of the risk factors, clinical presentation, and differential diagnosis of dementia. A summary of multidisciplinary team approaches to dementia care is outlined, including management strategies for the treatment of cognitive impairments, functional deficits, and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. The needs of individuals with dementia are extensive, often requiring care beyond traditional bounds of medical practice, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management interventions. Finally, advanced research on the early prodromal phase of dementia is reviewed, with a focus on change-point models, trajectories of cognitive change, and threshold models of pathological burden. Future research goals are outlined, with a call to action for social policy initiatives that promote preventive lifestyle behaviors, and healthcare programs that will support the growing number of individuals affected by dementia.

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APA 7th

Grand, J. H., Caspar, S., & Macdonald, S. W. (2011). Clinical features and multidisciplinary approaches to dementia care. Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s17773

Vancouver

Grand JH, Caspar S, Macdonald SW. Clinical features and multidisciplinary approaches to dementia care. Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. 2011. doi:10.2147/jmdh.s17773. PMID: 21655340.

BibTeX

@article{grand2011-21655340,
  author  = {Grand, J. H. and Caspar, S. and Macdonald, S. W.},
  title   = {{Clinical features and multidisciplinary approaches to dementia care}},
  journal = {Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare},
  year    = {2011},
  doi     = {10.2147/jmdh.s17773},
  pmid    = {21655340},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s17773}
}

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Key findings

We provide a description of the risk factors, clinical presentation, and differential diagnosis of dementia.
A summary of multidisciplinary team approaches to dementia care is outlined, including management strategies for the treatment of cognitive impairments, functional deficits, and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
The needs of individuals with dementia are extensive, often requiring care beyond traditional bounds of medical practice, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management interventions.
Finally, advanced research on the early prodromal phase of dementia is reviewed, with a focus on change-point models, trajectories of cognitive change, and threshold models of pathological burden.
Future research goals are outlined, with a call to action for social policy initiatives that promote preventive lifestyle behaviors, and healthcare programs that will support the growing number of individuals affected by dementia.

Why it matters

This review describes the risk factors, clinical presentation, and differential diagnosis of dementia and outlines multidisciplinary team approaches to dementia care, including management of cognitive impairments, functional deficits, and behavioral and psychological symptoms. It summarizes care and management rather than a cure or prevention.

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Study details

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How this study scored 44/100

Published in a peer-reviewed 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, so that was left out: it earned 42 of the 96 points we could judge it on, which is 44 out of 100.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare)
Journal's citation record	1 / 4	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare: journal h-index 78 (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	1 / 5	2011 — within 20 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	5 / 7	Cited 254 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	3 / 5	14.9 citations a year over 17 year(s) since 2011
Impact for its field and year	3 / 6	Cited 5.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	2 / 6	Cited by 4 other studies in this library
Still being cited	3 / 4	Cited 61 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	— / 4	OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Caspar holds only 1 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score
Institution's track record	1 / 3	University of British Columbia: institution h-index 1,424 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	1 / 3	OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 21655340)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Points	42 / 96	Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 42 of the 96 points we could judge it on is 44 out of 100.
Total	44 / 100	—

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