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Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: The intervention group receives the material for GPs, physician assistants and patients by post. The material should be used and read in a period of three months. The GPs as well as the physi
Sponsors
Institut für Hausarztmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Bonn
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: GP practices enclosed in this study have to be registered in the database of the Medical Association North-Rhine (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein) as a practice of a GP. Besides they have to indicate their interest in the intervention study and agree in writing.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: All doctors who are no GPs as well as pediatricians and GPs with no interest in participation were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A sensitization of GPs concerning dementia symptoms of their patients, especially those ones with migration background, should be achieved. GPs and physician assistants should get help to handle barriers in the contact with patients with migration background, for example language barriers or missing acceptance of dementia and shame. Important contacts to get infomation, practical tools and counselling as well as regional services to refer their patients to should be highlighted. After the three-month implementation phase, the achievement of these goals will be examined by an evaluation sheet to be completed by the participants. It contains both questions of the previously conducted cross-sectional survey to identify possible changes and new questions to evaluate the material. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patients should be informed about dementia and sensitized to think about the syndrome. They should get encouraged to address symptoms of him- or herself as well as dependants early at a GP practice. The project sould enlight that dementia is a widely spread syndrome, noone has to be ashamed of it and symptoms should be identified early and addressed at a GP. Patients' attention should be drawn to regional services and further possibilities to get information and help, especially support for people with migration background. If these goals have been achieved will be checked by an evaluation form after the three-month implementation phase. Amongst others, it contains questions taken from the previously conducted cross-sectional survey to identify changes. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnna-Liesa Filbert M.Sc.
Institut für Hausarztmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Bonn
Outcome results
None listed