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However, factors associated with better therapy outcomes in PLWD are currently unknown.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0007125024000126_sec_a2\"><jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title><jats:p>To investigate whether dementia-specific and non-dementia-specific factors are associated with therapy outcomes in PLWD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0007125024000126_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>National linked healthcare records were used to identify 1522 PLWD who attended psychological therapy services across England. Associations between various factors and therapy outcomes were explored.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0007125024000126_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>People with frontotemporal dementia were more likely to experience reliable deterioration in depression\/anxiety symptoms compared with people with vascular dementia (odds ratio 2.98, 95% CI 1.08\u20138.22; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03) or Alzheimer's disease (odds ratio 2.95, 95% CI 1.15\u20137.55; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03). Greater depression severity (reliable recovery: odds ratio 0.95, 95% CI 0.92\u20130.98, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001; reliable deterioration: odds ratio 1.73, 95% CI 1.04\u20132.90, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.04), lower work and social functioning (recovery: odds ratio 0.98, 95% CI 0.96\u20130.99, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.002), psychotropic medication use (recovery: odds ratio 0.67, 95% CI 0.51\u20130.90, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.01), being of working age (recovery: odds ratio 2.03, 95% CI 1.10\u20133.73, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.02) and fewer therapy sessions (recovery: odds ratio 1.12, 95% CI 1.09\u20131.16, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) were associated with worse therapy outcomes in PLWD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0007125024000126_sec_a5\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Dementia type was generally not associated with outcomes, whereas clinical factors were consistent with those identified for the general population. 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