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

D Pond; K Mate; N Stocks; J Gunn; P DIsler; P Magin; J Marley; N Paterson; G Horton; S Goode; N Weaver; H Brodaty

Journal article

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

D Pond, K Mate, N Stocks, J Gunn, P DIsler, P Magin, J Marley, N Paterson, G Horton, S Goode, N Weaver, H Brodaty

BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021125

Download PDF

Abstract

Objective Test effectiveness of an educational intervention for general practitioners (GPs) on quality of life and depression outcomes for patients. Design Double-blind, cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting General practices in Australia between 2007 and 2010. Participants General practices were randomly allocated to the waitlist (n=37) or intervention (n=66) group, in a ratio of 1:2. A total of 2030 (1478 intervention; 552 waitlist) community-dwelling participants aged 75 years or older were recruited via 168 GPs (113 intervention; 55 waitlist). Interventions A practice-based academic detailing intervention led by a peer educator that included: (1) training in use of the GP assessme..

View full abstract

University of Melbourne Researchers

Jane Gunn Author

Peter Disler Author

Related Projects (2)

THE DIRECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DEMENTIA IN GENERAL PRACTICE

This research aims to examine a new method and practice guidelines for detection of early dementia. General practitioners will be screened o..

OUTCOMES OF BEST PRACTICE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DEMENTIA IN GENERAL PRACTICE

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 tw..

Grants

Awarded by Novartis

Funding Acknowledgements

This project was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Grant ID #351220 and #510745), Beyond Blue: The National Depression Initiative and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (Project #ITA195/0506). The authors analysed results and prepared this manuscript independently of the funding body.