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| General practitioners' and nurses perceived roles, attitudes and stressors in the management of people with dementia | | Author(s) | Iain B McIntosh, Vivien Swanson, Kevin G Power |
| Journal title | Health Bulletin, vol 57, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp 35-52 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; General practitioners ; Nurses ; Stress ; Social surveys ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | 98% of general practitioners (GPs) and nurses attending dementia education seminars participated in a self-report questionnaire assessing their perceived roles, attitudes and anxieties concerning work with people with dementia and their carers. Over half found such work stressful. GPs reported more negative attitudes to dementia care than nurses, and felt that professionally they could offer less than nurses, reporting more difficulties with aspects of dementia care. Factors outside their own profession's `traditional' role were more stressful, e.g. responding to patients' behavioural and social problems were more stressful for a greater proportion of GPs than nurses. Responding to patients' psychiatric problems was more stressful to nurses than GPs. More GPs than in previous studies reported routinely administering tests of memory (70%) and depression (58%) in diagnosis. Negative attitudes towards dementia care are associated with increased stress for GPs and nurses. Difficulties and uncertainties in these professional roles should be considered for education in dementia management. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990209006 A |
| Classmark | EA: TOB: QT6: QTE: QNH: 3F: 9A |
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