Table 1 Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
Cases | • Patients aged 65 years or above • Patients who have features considered clinically ‘atypical’ or unusual for the recognised forms dementia e.g. cerebellar ataxia, rapid progression, and sensory features | • Patients below 65 years at the time of referral • Patients diagnosed with a clear alternative pathology e.g., positive diagnostic genetic tests for a known inherited dementia (excluding prion disease); a clear psychiatric diagnosis; space-occupying lesions; neuroinflammatory or neuroinfectious conditions; a history and documented radiological evidence of a cerebral insult temporally related to the onset of symptoms |
Site/Specialty clinics in NHS Lothian | • Ann Rowling Clinic (ARC) • Neurology • Psychiatry of old age, • Medicine of the elderly | • Specialised dementia clinics out-with the NHS Lothian Health Board • All other specialty clinics except those in the inclusion criteria |