Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention

Aims: Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, often goes undiagnosed due to demographic, societal, and healthcare factors. Addressing these challenges is essential to enhance early diagnosis, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the societal and economic bu...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammed Ibrahim, Khalid Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425101452/type/journal_article
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849708915118309376
author Mohammed Ibrahim
Khalid Mohamed
author_facet Mohammed Ibrahim
Khalid Mohamed
author_sort Mohammed Ibrahim
collection DOAJ
description Aims: Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, often goes undiagnosed due to demographic, societal, and healthcare factors. Addressing these challenges is essential to enhance early diagnosis, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the societal and economic burden of dementia. This scoping review explores the prevalence, barriers, impacts, diagnostic tools, and interventions associated with undiagnosed dementia, identifying knowledge gaps and providing recommendations for research, clinical practice, and policy development.
format Article
id doaj-art-54b7940cd92c4cbdbb5dc523261ed024
institution DOAJ
issn 2056-4724
language English
publishDate 2025-06-01
publisher Cambridge University Press
record_format Article
series BJPsych Open
spelling doaj-art-54b7940cd92c4cbdbb5dc523261ed0242025-08-20T03:15:30ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S43S4310.1192/bjo.2025.10145Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and InterventionMohammed Ibrahim0Khalid Mohamed11Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Wales, United Kingdom2Faculty of Medicine, University of Bahri, Khartoum, Sudan Aims: Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, often goes undiagnosed due to demographic, societal, and healthcare factors. Addressing these challenges is essential to enhance early diagnosis, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the societal and economic burden of dementia. This scoping review explores the prevalence, barriers, impacts, diagnostic tools, and interventions associated with undiagnosed dementia, identifying knowledge gaps and providing recommendations for research, clinical practice, and policy development.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425101452/type/journal_article
spellingShingle Mohammed Ibrahim
Khalid Mohamed
Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention
BJPsych Open
title Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention
title_full Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention
title_fullStr Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention
title_short Undiagnosed Dementia: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Barriers, Impacts, Diagnostic Tools, and Intervention
title_sort undiagnosed dementia a scoping review of prevalence barriers impacts diagnostic tools and intervention
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425101452/type/journal_article
work_keys_str_mv AT mohammedibrahim undiagnoseddementiaascopingreviewofprevalencebarriersimpactsdiagnostictoolsandintervention
AT khalidmohamed undiagnoseddementiaascopingreviewofprevalencebarriersimpactsdiagnostictoolsandintervention