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49/100

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. End-of-life care

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Three cohorts of interdisciplinary scholars (N = 53) have started and two have completed DEM-PCCT. Program feasibility and satisfaction were high. Confidence and comfort conducting dementia clinical trials significantly improved (P-value <0.05 for both). Most scholars submitted at least one research grant application by program completion, and secured funding. Scholars report continued productivity in grants and publications. DEM-PCCT is a novel national training model that advances dementia palliative care by combining didactic training, experiential learning and structured grant development. Thus, DEM-PCCT builds the scientific workforce and serves as a model to accelerate evidence-based dementia palliative care interventions.

Key findings

Three cohorts of interdisciplinary scholars (N = 53) have started and two have completed DEM-PCCT.
Program feasibility and satisfaction were high.
Confidence and comfort conducting dementia clinical trials significantly improved (P-value <0.05 for both).
Most scholars submitted at least one research grant application by program completion, and secured funding.
Scholars report continued productivity in grants and publications.

Why it matters

This program trained 53 interdisciplinary scholars in dementia palliative care clinical trials, and participants' confidence and comfort conducting such trials improved significantly, with most securing research funding. It builds research workforce capacity for palliative care studies and does not itself test any treatment, cure, or prevention for Alzheimer's disease.

Study details

Study designlongitudinal study
Participants53
Evidence strengthModerate

How this study scored 49/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a longitudinal study following the same people over time. Scored zero for effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Journal's citation record	2 / 4	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management: journal h-index 213 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	7 / 12	A longitudinal study following the same people over time
Strength of evidence	3 / 5	Rated “moderate” 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	1 / 4	53 participants
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	3 / 3	Studied in people (participant count stated)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	0 / 7	Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	0 / 6	Cited 0.0× 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 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	3 / 4	Last-listed author Christine Seel Ritchie: h-index 60 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	3 / 3	Harvard University: institution h-index 3,235 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	2 / 3	OpenAlex lists 6 institution(s) in 1 country
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 41478422)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	49 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Vranceanu, A., Puttre, H., Stone, S., Pollak, K. I., Kutner, J. S., & Ritchie, C. S. (2025). Developing and Testing a Program to Strengthen the Dementia Palliative Care Trial Workforce. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.12.020

Vancouver

Vranceanu A, Puttre H, Stone S, Pollak KI, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS. Developing and Testing a Program to Strengthen the Dementia Palliative Care Trial Workforce. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.12.020. PMID: 41478422.

BibTeX

@article{vranceanu2025-41478422,
  author  = {Vranceanu, Ana‐Maria and Puttre, Hannah and Stone, Sarah and Pollak, Kathryn I. and Kutner, Jean S. and Ritchie, Christine Seel},
  title   = {{Developing and Testing a Program to Strengthen the Dementia Palliative Care Trial Workforce}},
  journal = {Journal of Pain and Symptom Management},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.12.020},
  pmid    = {41478422},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.12.020}
}

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