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No improvement with palliative care in patients with moderate to severe dementia
Karen Esther Rosenberg. AJN American Journal of Nursing, 2025-07-24
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
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Rosenberg, K. E. (2025). No improvement with palliative care in patients with moderate to severe dementia. AJN American Journal of Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1097/ajn.0000000000000130a
Vancouver
Rosenberg KE. No improvement with palliative care in patients with moderate to severe dementia. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 2025. doi:10.1097/ajn.0000000000000130a. PMID: 40702632.
BibTeX
@article{rosenberg2025-40702632,
author = {Rosenberg, Karen Esther},
title = {{No improvement with palliative care in patients with moderate to severe dementia}},
journal = {AJN American Journal of Nursing},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1097/ajn.0000000000000130a},
pmid = {40702632},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/ajn.0000000000000130a}
}
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According to this study, there was no improvement with palliative care in patients with moderate to severe dementia. No further details are provided in the available text.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 29/100
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. We have no data on institution's track record, so that was left out: it earned 28 of the 97 points we could judge it on, which is 29 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (AJN American Journal of Nursing) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | AJN American Journal of Nursing: journal h-index 163 (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 | 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 | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Karen Esther Rosenberg: h-index 28 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter 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 40702632) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 28 / 97 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 28 of the 97 points we could judge it on is 29 out of 100. |
| Total | 29 / 100 | — |
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