Knowledge of General Practitioners on Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional, Questionnaire Study from Hungary

Autor/inn/en	Imre, Nóra; Balogh, Réka; Papp, Edina; Kovács, Ildikó; Heim, Szilvia; Karádi, Kázmér; Hajnal, Ferenc; Kálmán, János; Pákáski, Magdolna
Titel	Knowledge of General Practitioners on Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional, Questionnaire Study from Hungary
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 45 (2019) 8, S.495-505 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Imre, Nóra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
DOI	10.1080/03601277.2019.1660137
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; Family Practice (Medicine); Physicians; Dementia; Foreign Countries; Mild Disabilities; At Risk Persons; Metabolism; Health Behavior; Alzheimers Disease; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Prevention; Drug Therapy; Epidemiology; Older Adults; Physician Patient Relationship; Hungary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Demenz; Ausland; Risikogruppe; Stoffwechsel; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Epidemiologie; Älterer Erwachsener; Arzt-Patient-Beziehung; Ungarn
Abstract	General practitioners (GPs) play a pivotal role in dementia recognition, yet research suggests that dementia often remains undetected in primary care. Lack of knowledge might be a major contributing factor to low recognition rates. Our objective was to address a gap in the scientific literature by exploring GPs' knowledge on dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) for the first time in Hungary by conducting a cross-sectional, questionnaire study among practicing GPs. Recruitment of the participants (n = 402) took place at mandatory postgraduate training courses and at national GP-conferences; the applied questionnaire was self-administered and contained both open-ended and fixed-response questions.Results showed that GPs highlighted vascular and metabolic factors (38.3% of the answer items) and unhealthy lifestyle (29.1% of the answer items) as dementia risk factors. They perceived vascular dementia as the most common dementia form, followed by Alzheimer's disease. Almost half of the respondents (44.9%) were not familiar with MCI. Most GPs identified memory problems (98.4%) and personality change (83.2%) as the leading symptoms of dementia.In summary, GPs demonstrated adequate knowledge on areas more relevant to their practices and scope of duties (risk and preventive factors, main types and symptoms of dementia); however, uncertainties were uncovered regarding epidemiology, MCI, and pharmacological therapy. As only one-fifth (19.4%) of the GPs could participate recently in dementia-focused trainings, continued education might be beneficial to improve dementia detection rates in primary care. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01