Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) characterisation has evolved, but diagnosis remains challenging, relying on clinical diagnostic criteria that have undergone revisions over time. In this systematic review, our aims are to evaluate the accuracy of clinical diagnostic criteria for bvFTD by comparing them against pathological diagnoses and determine potential improvement in performance over the years.

Methods and analysis

This systematic review protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols 2015 guidelines and is registered on PROSPERO. We will search four databases (MEDLINE-PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and LILACS) using tailored search terms on May 1st 2024. Inclusion criteria encompass peer-re

SUBMITTER: Urso D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256028 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature