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| Acceptability of dementia screening in primary care patients | | Author(s) | Tracey Holsinger, Malaz Boustani, David Abbot, John W Williams |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 26, no 4, April 2011 |
| Pages | pp 373-379 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | The study aimed to determine the acceptability of dementia screening in two populations of older adults in different primary care settings. A cross-sectional study of consecutive patients presenting for primary care appointments in two different U.S. health settings were evaluated face to face using the Dementia Screening and Perceived Harms (SAPH) questionnaire. Overall 81% of primary care patients indicated that they would want to be screened to determine if they were developing the condition. After exposure to possible risks and benefits of screening, 86% of patients indicated they would like to be screened. The SAPH was easy to use and contained five relevant and cohesive domains. The items most associated with a desire for dementia screening were male gender, acceptance of other types of screening, and a belief that a treatment for dementia exists. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110815014 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DP |
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