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

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 assessment of cognition dementia screening instrument; (2) training in diagnosis and management based on Roy

SUBMITTER: Pond D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104761 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature