Effectiveness of an intervention to facilitate prompt referral to memory clinics in the United Kingdom: Cluster randomised controlled trial

• Published in: PLoS medicine Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e1002252
• Main Authors: Livingston, Gill, Baio, Gianluca, Sommerlad, Andrew, de Lusignan, Simon, Poulimenos, Spyridon, Morris, Steve, Rait, Greta, Hoe, Juanita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.03.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer's disease; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Clinical trials; Cognitive ability; Colorectal carcinoma; Computer programs; Copyright; Councils; Dementia; Dementia - therapy; Dementia disorders; Diagnostic software; Empowerment; Ethics; Family medicine; Family Practice; Female; Frontotemporal dementia; General Practitioners; Humans; Intervention; Literature reviews; Male; Mathematical models; Medical referrals; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Memory; Mice; Morbidity; Neurodegenerative diseases; Nursing; On-line systems; Open access; People and Places; Population statistics; Primary care; Psychiatry; Psychological aspects; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Research and Analysis Methods; Science; Sigmoidoscopy; Software; Statistics; Studies; Syntax; United Kingdom; University colleges; United Kingdom

Most people with dementia do not receive timely diagnosis, preventing them from making informed plans about their future and accessing services. Many countries have a policy to increase timely diagnosis, but trials aimed at changing general practitioner (GP) practice have been unsuccessful. We aimed...