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. 2012 Jun;137(25-26):1351-5.
doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1305081. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

[Attitudes toward dementia management in Germany - Data from the IMPACT survey (Important Perspectives on Alzheimer's Care and Treatment)]

[Article in German]
L Hausner  1 , M Damian, K Jekel, M Richter, L Frölich
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[Attitudes toward dementia management in Germany - Data from the IMPACT survey (Important Perspectives on Alzheimer's Care and Treatment)]

[Article in German]
L Hausner et al. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Aim: To assess attitudes and opinions of primary care physicians, neuropsychiatrists, care givers, and community members regarding the management of dementia in Germany.

Methods: The IMPACT survey, a 30-minute web-based questionnaire conducted between April and May 2009, queried 350 subjects in Germany (200 community members, 100 physicians, 50 caregivers of patients with dementia) as a subpopulation of 1800 subjects involved in the management of dementia subjects across Europe.

Results: Community members favored dementia-screening (p < 0.001) in healthy elderly and wanted to know a diagnosis of dementia as early as possible (p = 0.092). German physicians regarded dementia as underdiagnosed and undertreated, they acknowledged the effectiveness of available antidementia drugs and saw the major reason for not-prescribing in the costs of drugs.

Conclusion: Professional knowledge about dementia has to be enhanced and financial restrictions have to be reduced to improve dementia management on all levels of medical care.

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