Fuchs, Angela, Wiese, Birgitt, Altiner, Attila, Wollny, Anja, Pentzek, Michael

Objectives: To compare the accuracy of commonly used tasks with that of the Visual Association Test (VAT), a conceptually different test involving cued recall of pictorial stimuli, in the recognition of dementia within primary care.; Design: A cross-sectional diagnostic study of concurrent validity.; Setting: Twenty-nine German primary care practices.; Participants: Four hundred twenty-three individuals in […]

Wilcock, Jane, Iliffe, Steve, Griffin, Mark, Jain, Priya, Thuné-Boyle, Ingela, Lefford, Frances, Rapp, David

Background: Early diagnosis of dementia is important because this allows those with dementia and their families to engage support and plan ahead. However, dementia remains underdetected and suboptimally managed in general practice. Our objective was to test the effect of a workplace-based tailored educational intervention developed for general practice on the clinical management of people […]

Rodriguez-Sanchez, E., Patino-Alonso, M. C., Mora-Simon, S., Gomez-Marcos, M. A., Perez-Penaranda, A., Losada-Baltar, A., Garcia-Ortiz, L.

Purpose: To assess, in the context of Primary Health Care (PHC), the effect of a psychological intervention in mental health among caregivers (CGs) of dependent relatives.; Design and Methods: Randomized multicenter, controlled clinical trial. The 125 CGs included in the trial were receiving health care in PHC.; Inclusion Criteria: Identifying oneself as principal CG of […]

Kohler, Leonore, Meinke-Franze, Claudia, Hein, Jurgen, Fendrich, Konstanze, Heymann, Romy, Thyrian, Jochen, Hoffmann, Wolfgang

Background: Most persons with dementia live at home and are treated in the primary care. However, the ambulatory health care system in Germany contains a lot of “interface problems” and is not optimized for the future challenges. Innovative concepts like regional networks in dementia care exist on a project level and need to be tested […]

Jessen, Frank, Wiese, Birgitt, Bickel, Horst, Eiffländer-Gorfer, Sandra, Fuchs, Angela, Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna, Köhler, Mirjam, Luck, Tobias, Mösch, Edelgard, Pentzek, Michael, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G., Wagner, Michael, Weyerer, Siegfried, Maier, Wolfgang, van den Bussche, Hendrik

Background: Current approaches for AD prediction are based on biomarkers, which are however of restricted availability in primary care. AD prediction tools for primary care are therefore needed. We present a prediction score based on information that can be obtained in the primary care setting.; Methodology/principal Findings: We performed a longitudinal cohort study in 3.055 […]

Brown, Arleen F., Vassar, Stefanie D., Connor, Karen I., Vickrey, Barbara G.

Objectives: To examine educational gradients in dementia care and whether the effect of a dementia collaborative care management intervention varied according to the educational attainment of the informal caregiver.; Design: Analysis of data from a cluster-randomized controlled trial.; Setting: Eighteen clinics in three healthcare organizations in southern California.; Participants: Dyads of Medicare recipients aged 65 […]