Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of People Living with Dementia and Their Associations with Unmet Healthcare Needs: Insights from the Baseline Assessment of the InDePendent Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The healthcare needs of People living with Dementia (PlwD) (such as Alzheimer's disease) are often unmet. Information about the needs of community-dwelling PlwD and their association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics is needed to fill the knowledge gap regarding factors influencing unmet needs among PlwD and to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to develop tailored interventions.

Objective

To describe sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the InDePendent study population with particular reference to determinants of unmet needs.

Methods

We analyzed baseline data of the multi-centre cluster-randomized controlled trial (InDePendent) using descriptive statistics to describe patients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristic

SUBMITTER: Scharf A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11191535 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature