Dementia risk reduction in practice: The knowledge, opinions and perspectives of Australian healthcare providers

Zheng, Lidan; Godbee, Kali; Radford, Kylie; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Peters, Ruth; Steiner, Genevieve Z.; Daylight, Gail; Ee, Carolyn; Hill, Thi Yen; Hohenberg, Mark I.; Lautenschlager, Nicola T.; McDonald, Keith; Pond, Dimity

Title: Dementia risk reduction in practice: The knowledge, opinions and perspectives of Australian healthcare providers
Creator: Zheng, Lidan; Godbee, Kali; Radford, Kylie; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Peters, Ruth; Steiner, Genevieve Z.; Daylight, Gail; Ee, Carolyn; Hill, Thi Yen; Hohenberg, Mark I.; Lautenschlager, Nicola T.; McDonald, Keith; Pond, Dimity
Relation: NHMRC.APP1095097 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1095097
Relation: Australian Journal of Primary Health Vol. 27, Issue 2, p. 136-142
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY20189
Publisher: C S I R O Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: This study examined Australian primary healthcare providers’ knowledge about dementia risk factors and risk reduction and their perspectives on barriers and enablers to risk reduction in practice. Primary healthcare providers were recruited through Primary Health Networks across Australia (n = 51). Participants completed an online survey that consisted of fixed-responses and free-text components to assess their knowledge, attitudes and current practices relating to dementia risk factors and risk reduction techniques. The results showed that Australian primary healthcare providers have good knowledge about the modifiable risk factors for dementia; however, face several barriers to working with patients to reduce dementia risk. Commonly reported barriers included low patient motivation and healthcare system level limitations. The most commonly reported recommendations to helping primary healthcare providers to work with patients to reduce dementia risk included increasing resources and improving dementia awareness and messaging. While the results need to be interpreted in the context of the limitations of this study, we conclude that collaborative efforts between researchers, clinicians, policy makers and the media are needed to support the uptake of risk reduction activities in primary care settings.
Subject: dementia; knowledge translation; preventive health; primary healthcare; risk reduction
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1461767
Identifier: uon:46292
Identifier: ISSN:1448-7527
Language: eng
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