Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari; Gordon, Adam Lee; Samra, Rajvinder; Steiner, Ana Beatriz; Mayoral, Vania Ferreira de Sá and Citero, Vanessa de Albuquerque
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2018.1551216 |
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Abstract
Background: Dementia training for Brazilian GPs is underdeveloped. We investigated knowledge and attitudes to dementia management amongst Brazilian GPs and compared these with previous UK findings to inform future decisions about how training is structured.
Methods: 115 Brazilian GPs were asked to complete a Portuguese translation of a questionnaire previously used in the UK. This comprised a 14-item multiple-choice knowledge quiz, and a 5-point Likert-scale questionnaire assessing attitudes across 10 dementia management domains. Exploratory factorial analysis was conducted for attitudes.
Results: Attitudes towards dementia demonstrated the same underlying factor structure, “heartsink” and “heartfelt” factors, in Brazil as in previous UK studies, explaining 61.6% of variance in responses. Knowledge scores were negatively correlated with both heartfelt and heartsink factors.
Conclusions: Greater knowledge about dementia was associated with some pessimism about dementia care. The similarity in the structure of attitudes towards dementia management between Brazilian and UK GPs provides a starting point for shared educational approaches targeting attitudes.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC |
| ISSN: | 1545-3847 |
| Keywords: | Primary health care; medical education; dementia; knowledge; attitude |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care > Health and Social Care Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) |
| Item ID: | 57660 |
| Depositing User: | Rajvinder Samra |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Nov 2018 14:40 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2019 10:56 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/57660 |
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