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July 21, 2025Psychogeriatrics

Instruments to Assess Dementia Fear Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties

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KYKai YuXDXiaoxu DingXWXiaoqing Wang

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Overview

Systematic review evaluates measurement properties of dementia fear instruments for older adults, highlighting content validity concerns.

Key Points

  • A systematic review analyzed measurement properties of dementia fear instruments among older adults, revealing insufficient support for existing tools.
  • Among 4104 studies, eight provided psychometric data on five patient-reported outcome measures related to dementia fear.
  • Most instruments had doubtful or inadequate content validity, while structural validity was rated adequate in many studies.
  • Existing dementia fear instruments exhibit potential but lack evidence for superiority, underscoring the need for further validation research.

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Yu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a060ee6551bb0af8cd3d8https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.70064
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