Assessment of dementia by a primary health care dementia team cooperating with the family doctor - the Norwegian model.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:To describe how dementia assessment could be organized in primary health care and how it works. METHODS:The project had two phases. In phase one 104 elderly patients were assessed by a local authority dementia team that used a standardized examination protocol, which enabled the family doctors to establish a dementia diagnosis. After evaluation and adjustments the model was extended to 31 local authorities and 474 patients were assessed. RESULTS:The mean age of the patients was 84.4 (SD 5.6) and 81.8 (SD 7.8) years, respectively; 81 and 67% were women, respectively. The mean Mini Mental State Examination scores were 21.1 (SD 5.0) and 19.2 (SD 5.1), respectively. All patients in phase one and 70% in phase two were diagnosed with dementia. In 15 local authorities a specially assigned family doctor assisted in establishing diagnoses. In these local authorities 80% of the patients were diagnosed. CONCLUSION:A local authority dementia team can collect the information required to enable a family doctor to establish a dementia diagnosis. Ideally, such teams should be assisted by a family doctor interested in dementia diagnostics.

authors

Engedal K,Gausdal M,Gjøra L,Haugen PK

doi

10.1159/000345435

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-01-01 00:00:00

pages

263-70

issue

5-6

eissn

1420-8008

issn

1421-9824

pii

000345435

journal_volume

34

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