Primary care for people with a newly diagnosed dementia after hospital discharge

Conditions: F00
F01
F02
F03
F05
Dementia in Alzheimer disease
Vascular dementia
Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere
Unspecified dementia
Delirium, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances

Registration Number: DRKS00025061

Lead Sponsor: Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Medizinische Fakultät

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for GPs is the care of patients with a dementia diagnosis. With regard to the participants (patients and relatives), a newly diagnosed dementia in hospital and subsequent discharge into the home or an inpatient care facility is a prerequisite for inclusion. The first consultation about the newly diagnosed dementia in the GP setting should have taken place within the last six months. The participating people with dementia must be able to give consent and to conduct the interview and group discussion independently. Since the interviews and group discussion will be conducted in German, only participants who speak German will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria is a refusal or discontinuation of participation as well as the missing dementia diagnosis for patients and the missing patients with a dementia diagnosis at the GP setting.

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Record how patients with a newly diagnosed dementia after a hospital stay are cared for in the GP setting and how this care can be improved if necessary. Conducting 15 interviews with GPs and 15 interviews with patients focusing on the challenges and barriers of GP care for newly diagnosed dementia from the perspective of both GPs and patients (July to September 2021 = 3 months).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Two focus group discussions (one discussion with GPs and one discussion with patients and relatives) with the aim of expanding the empirical data corpus from the interviews, as well as the triangulation of the differing data and subsequent qualitative content analysis (January to March 2022 = 3 months). In addition, an expert workshop serves to validate the practice-oriented recommendations for the GP setting (July 2022 = 1 month).