2021
DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.03.21259825
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Investigating the clinical utility of biomarkers and other novel tests in younger onset neurocognitive disorders: the BeYOND study, protocol for a longitudinal clinical study in a real-world setting

Abstract: Background: Younger-onset dementia (YOD) can be challenging to diagnose due to its younger age of onset, heterogeneous aetiologies and broad range of presentations. Misdiagnosis is common with psychiatric conditions often diagnosed initially and diagnostic delay of five years is common. More information is needed to better understand and diagnose YOD, including the nature of symptom onset, progression of the disease, the relationship between cognition and functional outcomes for patients and carers, imaging ch… Show more

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“…The BeYOND study protocol has been described previously, with participant recruitment from June 2019 to December 2020 and follow-up over one year. 19 For this study, we evaluated cognition, genetics and blood biomarkers with clinical characteristics crosssectionally. This project was approved by the Royal Melbourne Hospital/Melbourne Health Human Research Ethics Committee (MH 2018.371).…”
Section: Participant Recruitmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The BeYOND study protocol has been described previously, with participant recruitment from June 2019 to December 2020 and follow-up over one year. 19 For this study, we evaluated cognition, genetics and blood biomarkers with clinical characteristics crosssectionally. This project was approved by the Royal Melbourne Hospital/Melbourne Health Human Research Ethics Committee (MH 2018.371).…”
Section: Participant Recruitmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this study, we sought to address these outstanding questions by analysing the Biomarkers in Younger-Onset Neurocognitive Disorders (BeYOND) cohort 18…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Carers who consented to study procedures, completed questionnaires as part of a larger ethically approved study, Biomarkers in younger-onset neurocognitive disorders (BeYOND study) during their clinical Neuropsychiatric admission (Loi et al, 2021) (Melbourne Health Research Ethics Committee 2016.038 and 2018.…”
Section: Participants Recruitment and Ethicsmentioning
confidence: 99%