Dementia in Hungary: General practitioners' routines and perspectives regarding early recognition.

ABSTRACT: Background: Undetected dementia in primary care is a global problem. Since general practitioners (GPs) act as the first step in the identification process, examining their routines could help us to enhance the currently low recognition rates.Objectives: The study aimed to explore, for the first time in Hungary, the dementia identification practices and views of GPs.Methods: In the context of an extensive, national survey (February-November 2014) 8% of all practicing GPs in Hungary (n = 402) filled in a self-administered questionnaire. The questions (single, multiple-choice, Likert-type) analysed in the present study explored GPs' methods and views regarding dementia identification and their ideas about the optimal circumstances of case-finding.Results: Th

SUBMITTER: Balogh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006793 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature