Current status and challenges in the care of patients with bacterial meningitis in the Philippines: A scoping review

Ocampo, Ferron F.; Espiritu, Adrian I.; Jamora, Roland Dominic G.

doi:10.1111/tmi.13704

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“…Earlier scoping reviews have explored the status and challenges in the care of people with various neurological disorders such as bacterial meningitis, autoimmune encephalitis, brain tumors, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease in the Philippines [8][9][10][11][12][13], but comprehensive local data on dementia remains lacking. This scoping review aimed to give an overview of dementia care in the Philippines and to identify challenges and gaps in the provision of dementia care in terms of local epidemiology, research, financial coverage, diagnostics, pharmacotherapy, manpower, and caregiver support.…”

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Current Status and Challenges in Dementia Care in the Philippines: A Scoping Review

Anlacan,

Lanuza,

Sanchez

et al. 2024

Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Background: Dementia prevalence is increasing in low- and middle-income countries such as the Philippines. Objective: This study aimed to give an overview of dementia care in the Philippines and to identify gaps in terms of local epidemiology, research, financial coverage, diagnostics, pharmacotherapy, manpower, and caregiver support. Methods: This scoping review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis guidelines extension for scoping reviews. Six international and two local databases, and government and non-government websites were searched. Data published in the English or Filipino language on dementia epidemiology, research, diagnostics, management, manpower, and training were extracted from the earliest indexed record until June 2022. Results: The prevalence of dementia in the Philippines is high and research output on all aspects of dementia is low. Cost is a major barrier as health care coverage is limited, with reliance mainly on out-of-pocket payments, leading to challenges in the proper diagnosis and treatment of dementia. There is a low specialist-to-population ratio, with shortages beyond manpower and training. Conclusions: Gaps in dementia care include limited published local data, high healthcare costs, inadequate health financing, and limited manpower.

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Current Status and Challenges in Dementia Care in the Philippines: A Scoping Review

Anlacan,

Lanuza,

Sanchez

et al. 2024

Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

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“…Studies exploring treatment gaps for various neurological diseases in the country have shown a want of health information in the form of research. These studies cite a lack of local epidemiologic data and local experience with diagnosis or treatment for autoimmune encephalitis, bacterial meningitis, brain tumors, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and even stroke [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. By further evaluating research performance, we can identify systemic disparities and guide appropriate solutions and direction for further study.…”

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Research Productivity among Filipino Neurologists Associated with Socioeconomic, Healthcare, and Disease Burden Factors: A Bibliometric Analysis

Apor

Jamora

2022

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Philippine research productivity in neurology has not been fully characterized. We investigated the research output of adult and child neurologists in the Philippines and correlated this to the Philippine socioeconomic and healthcare indices among different regions. We used electronic databases to retrieve studies published by Filipino neurologists using the 2022 Philippine Neurological Association website as reference. We included all studies published until December 2021. Official government region-specific socioeconomic indices were used. Correlational analysis was completed on bibliometric indices and collected data. We retrieved 746 articles from 274 of 526 Filipino neurologists which were published in 245 publications over 45 years with 12,409 citations. The National Capital Region (NCR) had the most publications (n = 662, 88.7%) and citations (n = 10,377, 83.6%). Research productivity was positively correlated with population, gross domestic product (GDP), health expenditure, number of healthcare establishments, neurologists, and research personnel. The Philippine research landscape is dominated by articles of neurologists belonging to institutions in the NCR, which has the greatest number of neurologists, training institutions, and highest GDP. There is a need to address the disparity seen in other regions to bridge gaps in healthcare, health human resources, and health information through research.

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Socioeconomic factors affecting survivorship of glioblastoma patients in the Philippines

Hong¹,

Khu²

2022

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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Current status and challenges in the care of patients with bacterial meningitis in the Philippines: A scoping review

Cited by 5 publications

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Current Status and Challenges in Dementia Care in the Philippines: A Scoping Review

Current Status and Challenges in Dementia Care in the Philippines: A Scoping Review

Research Productivity among Filipino Neurologists Associated with Socioeconomic, Healthcare, and Disease Burden Factors: A Bibliometric Analysis

Socioeconomic factors affecting survivorship of glioblastoma patients in the Philippines

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