The effect of GP training in and use of a brief cognitive impairment screening tool and training in dementia management guidelines on the quality of life and depression of dementia patients.

Professor Dimity Pond, University of Newcastle.0 个研究点目标入组 2,000 人开始时间: 2007年2月8日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•GP inclusion criteria:*Consent to participate in study*Have patients on a computerised database*Have patients aged 75 years and over and living in the community*Consent to being randomised to either-Intervention group or-Wait list control group.
•Patient inclusion criteria:*Listed on participating GPs' databases*Previously visited recruited GPs within the last 24 months*Consent to a home visit or surgery visit by project staff*Speak and understand English.
•Carer inclusion criteria:*Primary carer for a person suffering from dementia and participating in the project. *Prior consent from the person with dementia for his/her carer to participate in the study*Speak and understand English*Consent to a home visit or surgery visit by the project staff.

•GP exclusion criteria:*Involved in project development*Does not meet inclusion criteria.
•Patient exclusion criteria:*Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease or central nervous system inflammation*Psychotic symptoms*Developmental disability*Insufficient English to complete a psychometric assessment (judged by interviewer)*Progressive malignancy*Substance abuse*Deemed too sick to complete study by the GP*Lives in a residential aged care facility*Does not meet inclusion criteria*Valid and informed consent cannot be obtained from the person involved and they do not have a person responsible for them.
•Carer exclusion criteria:*Insufficient English to complete testing (judged by the interviewer)*Non-consenting patient-participant*Does not consent to a home visit or surgery visit by the project staff.*Too unwell to participate*Does not meet inclusion criteria.

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Professor Dimity Pond, University of Newcastle.