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Record W4412884986 · doi:10.1002/alz.70546

Multimorbidity in dementia: Current perspectives and future challenges

2025· review· en· W4412884986 on OpenAlexafffund
Lucy Stirland, Radmila Choate, Preeti Zanwar, Panpan Zhang, Tamlyn Watermeyer, Martina Valletta, Mario Torso, Stefano Tamburin, Usman Saeed, Gerard R. Ridgway, Shirine Moukaled, Jay B. Lusk, Samantha M. Loi, Thomas J. Littlejohns, Elżbieta Kuźma, Sarah‐Naomi James, Giulia Grande, Isabelle F. Foote, Katheryn A Q Cousins, Joe Butler, Abrar AbuHamdia, Thiago Junqueira Avelino‐Silva, Vidyani Suryadevara

Bibliographic record

VenueAlzheimer s & Dementia · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicChronic Disease Management Strategies
Canadian institutionsUniversity of TorontoSunnybrook Health Science Centre
FundersNational Institute on AgingUniversity of TorontoDepartment of Health and Social CareNational Institute for Health and Care ResearchNational Institutes of HealthAlzheimer's Association
KeywordsDementiaMultimorbidityPsychological interventionQuality of life (healthcare)DiseaseMedicineGerontologyCognitionCognitive declineClinical trialPsychiatryComorbidityNursing

Abstract

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Multimorbidity-the co-occurrence of two or more chronic health conditions-affects > 86% of people with dementia. It is associated with cognitive and functional decline, reduced health-related quality of life, increased health-care use, and higher mortality. The relationship between multimorbidity and dementia is potentially bidirectional; conditions such as hypertension and diabetes increase the risk of developing dementia, and cognitive impairment can complicate their management. This complexity presents challenges in health care and research, affecting treatment decisions and often leading to the exclusion of these individuals from clinical trials. Understanding multimorbidity through long-term prospective studies is crucial to clarify its relationship with dementia. Investigating specific disease combinations, environmental and genetic factors, and their impacts on cognitive health will guide the development of effective prediction models and inclusive intervention strategies for diverse global populations across the life course. HIGHLIGHTS: Multimorbidity affects > 86% of individuals with dementia, worsening outcomes. The relationship between multimorbidity and dementia is potentially bidirectional. Chronic conditions hinder dementia management and clinical trial inclusion. Life-course multimorbidity research is key to dementia risk reduction strategies. Prospective studies are needed to improve prediction models and interventions.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.009
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.010
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.009
Threshold uncertainty score0.050

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0090.010
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0050.002
Bibliometrics0.0030.004
Science and technology studies0.0010.002
Scholarly communication0.0030.006
Open science0.0020.002
Research integrity0.0030.005
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.099
GPT teacher head0.390
Teacher spread0.290 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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