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What should we know about dementia in the 21st Century? A Delphi consensus study
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Annear, MJ and Toye, C and McInerney, F and Eccleston, C and Tranter, B and Elliott, K-E and Robinson, A, What should we know about dementia in the 21st Century? A Delphi consensus study, BMC Geriatrics, 15 Article 5. ISSN 1471-2318 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0008-1
Abstract
Methods: An online Delphi study was conducted to examine expert opinion concerning dementia knowledge with three rounds of data collection. A sample of dementia experts was selected by a panel of Australian experts, including a geriatrician and three professors of aged care. Purposive selection was initially undertaken with the sample expanded through snowballing. Dementia experts (N¿=¿19) included geriatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, dementia advocates, and nurse academics from the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. In the first round, these participants provided open-ended responses to questions determining what comprised essential knowledge about dementia. In the second round, responses were summarised into 66 discrete statements that participants rated on the basis of importance. In the third round, a rank-ordered list of the 66 statements and a group median were provided and participants rated the statements again. The degree of consensus regarding importance ratings was determined by assessing median, interquartile range, and proportion of experts scoring above predetermined thresholds. Correlation scores were calculated for each statement after the final round to identify changes in statement scores.
Results: The Delphi experts identified 36 statements about dementia that they considered essential to understanding the condition. Statements about care for a person experiencing dementia and their care giver represented the largest response category. Other statements, for which full or very high consensus was reached, related to dementia characteristics, symptoms and progression, diagnosis and assessment, and treatment and prevention.
Conclusions: These results summarise knowledge of dementia that is considered essential across expert representatives of key stakeholder groups from three countries. This information has implications for the delivery of care to people with the condition and the development of dementia education programs.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Dementia, Knowledge, Delphi study, Consensus, Quality of life |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Aged health care |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
Objective Field: | Health related to ageing |
UTAS Author: | Annear, MJ (Dr Michael Annear) |
UTAS Author: | McInerney, F (Professor Fran McInerney) |
UTAS Author: | Eccleston, C (Dr Claire Eccleston) |
UTAS Author: | Tranter, B (Professor Bruce Tranter) |
UTAS Author: | Elliott, K-E (Dr Kate-Ellen Elliott) |
UTAS Author: | Robinson, A (Professor Andrew Robinson) |
ID Code: | 98327 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 24 |
Deposited By: | Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre |
Deposited On: | 2015-02-11 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-02 |
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