Data sources | Data content | Data collection time points | ||
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At recruitment | Clinical follow-up appointments | Anticipated annual patient and carer follow-ups | ||
Participating sites | Patient identifiers (e.g., first name, last name, and date of birth) | x | Â | Â |
Patient demographic information (e.g., country of birth, and highest attained level of education) | x | Â | Â | |
Information relevant to recruitment methods (e.g., capacity to opt out, communication of diagnosis) | x | x | Â | |
Baseline clinical data (e.g., date of diagnosis, type of dementia) | x | Â | Â | |
Follow-up clinical data | Â | x | Â | |
Registry participants (except those recruited under waiver of consent) | Patient survey | x | Â | x |
Carers (except patients recruited under waiver of consent) | Carer survey | x | Â | x |
Administrative datasets (via data linkage) | Anticipated to include data routinely collected by various government bodies, such mortality, hospitalisation, prescribed medication, and aged care service utilisation | Â | Â | Periodically as appropriate |