Dementia diagnostics in general practitioner care : Do general practitioners have reservations? The findings of a qualitative study in Germany.

ABSTRACT: General practitioner (GP) treatment of dementia is often criticized as being ineffective and not implemented consistently enough. The causes and specific standpoints of GPs have not previously been thoroughly investigated. This paper focuses on the reasons and the criticisms levelled at GPs with regard to diagnosing dementia, and identifies approaches to enable optimization. The analysis is based on 41 semi-structured interviews with GPs in Hesse, Germany, in 2018. During the course of a content analysis, the interviewees' attitudes and behavioral patterns towards dementia diagnostics were to be analyzed. The results of the study show various challenges and problems of primary care in this field. The majority of the sample showed skepticism and reluctance with regard to the diagnosis of de

SUBMITTER: Wangler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7272384 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature