Outcomes of Best Practice Diagnosis and Management of Dementia in General Practice

Grant number: 510745 | Funding period: 2008 - 2011

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Abstract

The outcome of this study will be new Australian data on what happens to people with dementia under the care of their GP, followed up for two years. In addition we will test the results for patients and carers of GP adherence to best practice for diagnosis and management of dementia. This is a 3-state randomised intervention trial in general practice which aims to add an extra year to an already funded study examining the outcomes for carers and patients of training GPs with extra skills in dementia screening and management guidelines. Outcomes for those GPs who adhere to the guidelines will be compared to outcomes for those GPs who do not. Patient and carer outcomes – include quality of lif..

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Effectiveness of a peer-mediated educational intervention in improving general practitioner diagnostic assessment and management of dementia: A cluster randomised controlled trial

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An evaluation of the additional benefit of population screening for dementia beyond a passive case-finding approach

KE Mate, PJ Magin, H Brodaty, NP Stocks, J Gunn, PB Disler, JE Marley, CD Pond

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Objective: General practitioners (GPs) fail to identify more than 50% of dementia cases using the existing passive case-finding ap..

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Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Comparison of the GPCOG and the MMSE

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Background/Aims: The General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) is a brief cognitive test. This study compared the GPCOG..

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Ageing in general practice (AGP) trial: A cluster randomised trial to examine the effectiveness of peer education on GP diagnostic assessment and management of dementia

CD Pond, H Brodaty, NP Stocks, J Gunn, J Marley, P Disler, P Magin, N Paterson, G Horton, S Goode, B Paine, KE Mate

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Background: Dementia is increasing in prevalence as the population ages. An earlier rather than later diagnosis allows persons wit..

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