O'Malley, Mary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3636-6197, Parkes, Jacqueline, Stamou, Vasileios, LaFontaine, Jenny, Oyebode, Jan, Campbell, Jackie and Carter, Janet (2021) Current UK clinical practice in diagnosing dementia in younger adults: compliance with quality indicators in electronic health records from mental health trusts. Aging & Mental Health. ISSN 1360-7863

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Abstract

Objectives
To examine current UK practice in diagnosis of patients under 65 with young onset dementia, within 5 years of date of diagnosis, identified from electronic health records of 8 NHS mental health trusts.

Methods
Patients diagnosed with young onset dementia were assembled from the UK-Clinical Record Interactive System, (UK-CRIS) using diagnosis of dementia as the index date. A pre-designed proforma, derived by international Delphi consensus from experts in the field in previous work, was used to assess components of the diagnostic assessment in 402 electronic health records across 8 NHS sites. Information was extracted on key aspects of clinical and physical examination according to both a minimum and gold standard.

Results
Percentage compliance rates analysed by NHS site and statement, including compliance for site for minimum standard (11 statements), the additional 20 statements required for Gold standard, and the complete Gold standard set (31 statements) show that the additional 20 statements in the Gold standard had consistently higher compliance rates for every site compared to the minimum set.

Conclusion
Findings confirmed variation in clinical practice and identified commonly missed items in examination and enquiry compared to expert consensus. This suggests that a template proforma, which contains the key indicators for comprehensive assessment of dementia in young adults according to a quality standard could help support clinicians to improve record keeping and reduce gaps in knowledge.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1080/13607863.2021.1969640
Keywords:	Young onset dementia, UK CRIS, case note audit, UK practice, quality indicators
Subjects:	Medicine and health > Clinical medicine > Dementia Medicine and health > Mental health
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Depositing User:	Mary O'Malley
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2021 16:46
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2024 11:24
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/8257

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