Aging & Mental Health
ISSN: 1360-7863 (Print) 1364-6915 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/camh20
General practitioners’ knowledge, practices, and obstacles in the diagnosis and management of dementia Krishna P. Pathak & Anthony Montgomery To cite this article: Krishna P. Pathak & Anthony Montgomery (2015) General practitioners’ knowledge, practices, and obstacles in the diagnosis and management of dementia, Aging & Mental Health, 19:10, 912-920, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.976170 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.976170
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Date: 05 November 2015, At: 18:45
Aging & Mental Health, 2015 Vol. 19, No. 10, 912 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.976170
General practitioners’ knowledge, practices, and obstacles in the diagnosis and management of dementia Krishna P. Pathak and Anthony Montgomery* Department of Education and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
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(Received 2 April 2014; accepted 7 October 2014) Objectives: To identify general practitioners’ (GPs) knowledge, practices, and obstacles with regard to the diagnosis and management of dementia. Methods: Standardized questionnaires covering knowledge, practices, and obstacles were distributed among a purposive sample of GPs in Kathmandu, Nepal. Three hundred and eighty GPs responded (response rate D 89%). Results: Knowledge of practitioners’ with regard to the diagnosis and management of dementia was unsatisfactory (
ISSN: 1360-7863 (Print) 1364-6915 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/camh20
General practitioners’ knowledge, practices, and obstacles in the diagnosis and management of dementia Krishna P. Pathak & Anthony Montgomery To cite this article: Krishna P. Pathak & Anthony Montgomery (2015) General practitioners’ knowledge, practices, and obstacles in the diagnosis and management of dementia, Aging & Mental Health, 19:10, 912-920, DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.976170 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.976170
Published online: 13 Nov 2014.
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Date: 05 November 2015, At: 18:45
Aging & Mental Health, 2015 Vol. 19, No. 10, 912 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.976170
General practitioners’ knowledge, practices, and obstacles in the diagnosis and management of dementia Krishna P. Pathak and Anthony Montgomery* Department of Education and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Downloaded by [University of California Santa Barbara] at 18:45 05 November 2015
(Received 2 April 2014; accepted 7 October 2014) Objectives: To identify general practitioners’ (GPs) knowledge, practices, and obstacles with regard to the diagnosis and management of dementia. Methods: Standardized questionnaires covering knowledge, practices, and obstacles were distributed among a purposive sample of GPs in Kathmandu, Nepal. Three hundred and eighty GPs responded (response rate D 89%). Results: Knowledge of practitioners’ with regard to the diagnosis and management of dementia was unsatisfactory (
