Knowledge of non-medical health professionals about mild cognitive impairment or cognitive decline: a scoping review

Knowledge of non-medical health professionals about mild cognitive impairment or cognitive decline: a scoping review. Studies will be selected according to the following inclusion criteria: samples of Health Personnel and characterization of non-physician health care professionals' knowledge about mild cognitive impairment or cognitive decline. No restrictions on the year or language of publication. Exclusion criteria: secondary studies; no assessment or description of health care professionals' knowledge; focus on physician health care professionals' knowledge; samples of Health Personnel without specifying results of non-physician professionals; cognitive decline associated with secondary pathologies (cancer, dementia, diabetes, renal disease, pulmonar disease and others). This scoping review of the PubMed, Scopus, Lilacs, Web of Science, Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Embase databases will be updated in June 2025. Two independent reviewers will use EndNote and Rayyan software to evaluate search results in a two-phase process, consisting of (1) title and abstract screening, and (2) full-text review. The findings will be organized according to the main themes identified during the data extraction process, such as: bibliographic data (authors, year of publication, and country), study objectives, study design, health professional category, sample characteristics, instruments used to assess knowledge, content related to cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment in older adults, main findings regarding the level of knowledge among professionals.