About this map

How the map was built

Research on seizures in dementia, including related epilepsy and care-home research, was coded paper by paper on a single coding sheet with AI assistance. A clinical reviewer spot-checked the coding, and every original study and every paper cited in the gaps was then checked against its full text.

Citation links come from OpenAlex and were last updated in . Signs are described in the four DSS domains.

How the gaps were chosen

“What researchers call for” groups the future-research recommendations the papers make themselves.

“What this map reveals” comes from coding every paper by dementia type, setting, topic and how seizures were found, and looking for questions few or no studies of people with dementia have answered. A gap means the research is missing from this collection; it does not prove no study exists.

Limits

  • Coded rates are not directly comparable: studies differ in what they counted and for how long.
  • Some original studies were available only as an abstract.
  • A paper covering several dementia types or topics counts in each.
  • The collection began with Alzheimer’s research. Papers on seizures in Lewy body, frontotemporal and vascular dementia are less completely covered.
  • This is an educational evidence synthesis, not clinical guidance.

The papers in this map

Cite this map

Seagull Health. Dementia-Seizure Evidence Map, version 1.0. . https://eval.seagullhealth.global/evidence-map.html

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