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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. End-of-life care

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

The logic model and summary results explain in detail how this dementia palliative care service undertook activities relating to person-centred care, carer support, end-of-life care, accessible care, timely care, and integrated care. It maps each activity to specific outputs and outcomes, showing that dementia palliative care, when provided appropriately, can greatly improve the quality of care received by people living and dying with advanced dementia, and their families, in the community. The logic model presented may support those developing dementia palliative care services, or guide others running existing services in how to systematically present their service activities to others, and demonstrates how clinicians, policy-makers, and others involved in service planning can utilise logic models to design new services and improve existing services.

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APA 7th

Fox, S., Drennan, J., Guérin, S., Kernohan, G. W., Murphy, A., O’Connor, N., et al. (2025). Describing the elements of an effective dementia palliative care service. BMC Palliative Care. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01701-w

Vancouver

Fox S, Drennan J, Guérin S, Kernohan GW, Murphy A, O’Connor N, et al. Describing the elements of an effective dementia palliative care service. BMC Palliative Care. 2025. doi:10.1186/s12904-025-01701-w. PMID: 40405229.

BibTeX

@article{fox2025-40405229,
  author  = {Fox, Siobhán and Drennan, Jonathan and Guérin, Suzanne and Kernohan, George W. and Murphy, Aileen and O’Connor, Niamh and Timmons, Suzanne},
  title   = {{Describing the elements of an effective dementia palliative care service}},
  journal = {BMC Palliative Care},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1186/s12904-025-01701-w},
  pmid    = {40405229},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01701-w}
}

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Key findings

The logic model and summary results explain in detail how this dementia palliative care service undertook activities relating to person-centred care, carer support, end-of-life care, accessible care, timely care, and integrated care.
It maps each activity to specific outputs and outcomes, showing that dementia palliative care, when provided appropriately, can greatly improve the quality of care received by people living and dying with advanced dementia, and their families, in the community.
The logic model presented may support those developing dementia palliative care services, or guide others running existing services in how to systematically present their service activities to others, and demonstrates how clinicians, policy-makers, and others involved in service planning can utilise logic models to design new services and improve existing services.

Why it matters

This article describes a logic model showing how one dementia palliative care service organised its activities and outcomes. It does not test any treatment, cure or prevention.

Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 32/100

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.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (BMC Palliative Care)
Journal's citation record	1 / 4	BMC Palliative Care: journal h-index 88 (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)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	1 / 7	Cited 1 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.3 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	1 / 6	Cited 0.8× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 1 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	2 / 4	Last-listed author Suzanne Timmons: h-index 41 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	0 / 3	University College Dublin: institution h-index 681 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	1 / 3	OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 2 countries
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40405229)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	32 / 100	—

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