A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening
Background China is seeing an increasing number of people suffering from dementia as aging advances and life expectancy prolongs. Early diagnosis is extremely important for dementia. Objective To understand the attitudes and views of community general practitioners (GPs) regarding dementia screening...
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| author | Juan YANG, Shouqin LI, Zhaoxin ZHANG, Xiubin ZHANG |
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| description | Background China is seeing an increasing number of people suffering from dementia as aging advances and life expectancy prolongs. Early diagnosis is extremely important for dementia. Objective To understand the attitudes and views of community general practitioners (GPs) regarding dementia screening, providing suggestions for the development of dementia screening in the community. Methods In July 2021, by use of purposive sampling, GPs were recruited from community health centers (stations) in Lanzhou, Gansu, and invited to attend a semi-structured, in-depth, face-to-face individual interview for understanding their attitudes and views toward dementia screening. The interview results were analyzed using phenomenological analysis and thematic analysis. Results Ten GPs from five community health centers and five community health stations were finally enrolled, including five males and five females, with an average age of (46.6±6.5) years〔range (35, 57) 〕, an average years of (14.90±8.46) working as a GP〔range (5, 26) 〕; seven with a bachelor degree; four with a title of attending physician. Three themes were extracted: insufficient basic conditions for carrying out community-based dementia screening, difficulties in carrying out community-based dementia screening, and improvement of community GPs' abilities to participate in dementia screening. Nine subthemes were also extracted. Conclusion Community GPs supported community-based dementia screening, but had insufficient capacities to carry out the screening. The following may be effective measures for promoting early screening and intervening dementia: improving the ability of community GPs to screen dementia, strengthening the publicity and popularization of dementia-related knowledge to reduce social discrimination against dementia, and deepening the development of contracted family doctor services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba89f26ad4ad48faa0cac1d9858599cb2024-04-09T03:20:06ZzhoChinese General Practice Publishing House Co., LtdZhongguo quanke yixue1007-95722022-06-0125161978198310.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0168A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia ScreeningJuan YANG, Shouqin LI, Zhaoxin ZHANG, Xiubin ZHANG0School of Nursing, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, ChinaBackground China is seeing an increasing number of people suffering from dementia as aging advances and life expectancy prolongs. Early diagnosis is extremely important for dementia. Objective To understand the attitudes and views of community general practitioners (GPs) regarding dementia screening, providing suggestions for the development of dementia screening in the community. Methods In July 2021, by use of purposive sampling, GPs were recruited from community health centers (stations) in Lanzhou, Gansu, and invited to attend a semi-structured, in-depth, face-to-face individual interview for understanding their attitudes and views toward dementia screening. The interview results were analyzed using phenomenological analysis and thematic analysis. Results Ten GPs from five community health centers and five community health stations were finally enrolled, including five males and five females, with an average age of (46.6±6.5) years〔range (35, 57) 〕, an average years of (14.90±8.46) working as a GP〔range (5, 26) 〕; seven with a bachelor degree; four with a title of attending physician. Three themes were extracted: insufficient basic conditions for carrying out community-based dementia screening, difficulties in carrying out community-based dementia screening, and improvement of community GPs' abilities to participate in dementia screening. Nine subthemes were also extracted. Conclusion Community GPs supported community-based dementia screening, but had insufficient capacities to carry out the screening. The following may be effective measures for promoting early screening and intervening dementia: improving the ability of community GPs to screen dementia, strengthening the publicity and popularization of dementia-related knowledge to reduce social discrimination against dementia, and deepening the development of contracted family doctor services.https://www.chinagp.net/fileup/1007-9572/PDF/zx20220168.pdfgeneral practitioners|community health services|dementia|screening|cognition|qualitative research |
| spellingShingle | Juan YANG, Shouqin LI, Zhaoxin ZHANG, Xiubin ZHANG A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening Zhongguo quanke yixue general practitioners|community health services|dementia|screening|cognition|qualitative research |
| title | A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening |
| title_full | A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening |
| title_fullStr | A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening |
| title_short | A Qualitative Study on Community General Practitioners' Perception of Dementia Screening |
| title_sort | qualitative study on community general practitioners apos perception of dementia screening |
| topic | general practitioners|community health services|dementia|screening|cognition|qualitative research |
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