Healthcare Awareness Profile Interview: Development of a new evidence-based brief clinical tool to assess awareness in people with dementia.

ABSTRACT: People with dementia vary in awareness of difficulties. Evaluating awareness could facilitate personalized care. However, current research measures are unsuitable for practical clinical application. We aimed to develop a brief multidimensional awareness interview for clinical use. Informed by available evidence about awareness of dementia, items suitable for both in-person and remote administration were modified from validated measures or developed for clinical application. The interview was administered via telephone or videoconference to 31 community-dwelling people with mild-to-moderate dementia. An informant completed a corresponding questionnaire. A multidimensional profile of awareness was created using self-report of symptoms, and discrepancies between self-rating and either informa

SUBMITTER: Alexander CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11854051 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature