Referral patterns and diagnostic outcomes in an outpatient Australian tertiary cognitive neurology service: 2009–2019
Delayed diagnosis common in young-onset dementia (YOD) and atypical dementia.Specialist clinics see more YOD and language-variant dementia referrals.YOD has longer time from symptom onset to diagnosis compared to late-onset cases.Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) a more common diagnosis in YOD patients.
Authors
- Christopher Kyndt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5871-2662)
- Antony Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-5627)
- Amy G. Brodtmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9466-2862)
- Maja Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5072-925X)
- Samantha M. Loi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4953-4500)
- David Darby
- Fari Islam
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Box Hill Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.70120
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47