Attitudes of the German general population toward early diagnosis of dementia--results of a representative telephone survey.

Tobias Luck; Melanie Luppa; Jennifer Sieber; Georg Schomerus; Perla Werner; Hans-Helmut König; Steffi G Riedel-Heller

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050792

Attitudes of the German general population toward early diagnosis of dementia--results of a representative telephone survey.

Tobias Luck
Melanie Luppa
Jennifer Sieber
Georg Schomerus
Perla Werner
Hans-Helmut König
Steffi G Riedel-Heller

Abstract

Early detection of dementia has clearly improved. Even though none of the currently available treatments for the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's dementia, promises a cure, early diagnosis provides several benefits for patients, caregivers, and health care systems. This study aimed to describe attitudes toward early diagnosis of dementia in the German general population.

Bibliografische Daten

Originalsprache	Englisch
Aufsatznummer	11
ISSN	1932-6203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050792
Status	Veröffentlicht - 2012

pubmed	23209827