The Retrospective Dementia Patient Categorisation Study (RetroDeC)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A Retrospective Brain Imaging in Dementia Study - improving diagnosis and reporting standards using cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis methods
IRAS ID
205176
Contact name
Robin B Holmes
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 28 days
Research summary
Timely diagnosis for dementia patients has been shown to lead to better patient and carer clinical outcomes and improved quality of life. Improving dementia diagnosis rates has been one of the main objectives in numerous recent national and international policies and reports on dementia (National Dementia Strategy 2009; National Health Service ’Improving care for people with dementia’ policy 2013; UK Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge 2012; G8 Dementia Summit 2013; World Alzheimer’s Report 2011). However, diagnosis of dementia and prediction of decline in individuals with cognitive complaints remains difficult as symptoms, cognitive deficits and imaging pathology commonly vary between patients. Early diagnosis and identification of individuals at highest risk of decline is essential for signposting patients to appropriate care resources.\n\nThis study aims to maximise the use of data previously acquired during routine clinical care and improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy in dementia clinical practice. The study will use pseudonymised retrospective data analysis to study the value of imaging and neuropsychological tests in a cognitively impaired group.\n\nThis study is an observational retrospective pseudonymised data only study, and as such there is no recruitment to the study. No patient identifiable data will be accessed by the study researchers.
REC name
North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/NW/0148
Date of REC Opinion
16 Feb 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion