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General practitioners' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status. / Pentzek, Michael; Fuchs, Angela; Wiese, Birgitt; Cvetanovska-Pllashniku, Gabriela; Haller, Franziska; Maier, Wolfgang; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G; Angermeyer, Matthias C; Bickel, Horst; Mösch, Edelgard; Weyerer, Siegfried; Werle, Jochen; Bussche van den, Hendrik; Eisele, Marion; Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna.

in: J GEN INTERN MED, Jahrgang 24, Nr. 12, 12, 2009, S. 1314-1317.

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Pentzek, M, Fuchs, A, Wiese, B, Cvetanovska-Pllashniku, G, Haller, F, Maier, W, Riedel-Heller, SG, Angermeyer, MC, Bickel, H, Mösch, E, Weyerer, S, Werle, J, Bussche van den, H, Eisele, M & Kaduszkiewicz, H 2009, 'General practitioners' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status.', J GEN INTERN MED, Jg. 24, Nr. 12, 12, S. 1314-1317. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19844763?dopt=Citation>

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Pentzek, M., Fuchs, A., Wiese, B., Cvetanovska-Pllashniku, G., Haller, F., Maier, W., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Angermeyer, M. C., Bickel, H., Mösch, E., Weyerer, S., Werle, J., Bussche van den, H., Eisele, M., & Kaduszkiewicz, H. (2009). General practitioners' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status. J GEN INTERN MED, 24(12), 1314-1317. [12]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19844763?dopt=Citation

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Pentzek M, Fuchs A, Wiese B, Cvetanovska-Pllashniku G, Haller F, Maier W et al. General practitioners' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status. J GEN INTERN MED. 2009;24(12):1314-1317. 12.

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@article{42ccf6438d9d41429f474d1175017791,
title = "General practitioners' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status.",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GP) play an important role in detecting cognitive impairment among their patients. OBJECTIVES: To explore factors associated with GPs' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status. DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from an observational cohort study (AgeCoDe study); General practice surgeries in six German metropolitan study centers; home visits by interviewers. PARTICIPANTS: 138 GPs, 3,181 patients (80.13 +/- 3.61 years, 65.23% female). MEASUREMENTS: General practitioner questionnaire for each patient: familiarity with the patient, patient morbidity, judgment of cognitive status. Home visits by trained interviewers: sociodemographic and clinical data, psychometric test performance. Multivariate regression analysis was used to identify independent associations with the GPs' judgment of {"}cognitively impaired{"} vs. {"}cognitively unimpaired.{"} RESULTS: Less familiar patients (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.42, 95% CI 1.35-4.32, for poor vs. very high familiarity), less mobile patients (aOR 1.29, 95% CI 1.13-1.46), patients with impaired hearing (aOR 5.46, 95% CI 2.35-12.67 for serious vs. no problems), and patients with greater comorbidity (aOR 1.15, 95% CI 1.08-1.22) were more likely to be rated as {"}cognitively impaired{"} by their GPs. CONCLUSIONS: The associations between GPs' assessments of cognitive impairment and their familiarity with their patients and patients' mobility, hearing, and morbidity provide important insights into how GPs make their judgments.",
author = "Michael Pentzek and Angela Fuchs and Birgitt Wiese and Gabriela Cvetanovska-Pllashniku and Franziska Haller and Wolfgang Maier and Riedel-Heller, {Steffi G} and Angermeyer, {Matthias C} and Horst Bickel and Edelgard M{\"o}sch and Siegfried Weyerer and Jochen Werle and {Bussche van den}, Hendrik and Marion Eisele and Hanna Kaduszkiewicz",
year = "2009",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "24",
pages = "1314--1317",
journal = "J GEN INTERN MED",
issn = "0884-8734",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "12",

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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - General practitioners' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status.

AU - Pentzek, Michael

AU - Fuchs, Angela

AU - Wiese, Birgitt

AU - Cvetanovska-Pllashniku, Gabriela

AU - Haller, Franziska

AU - Maier, Wolfgang

AU - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G

AU - Angermeyer, Matthias C

AU - Bickel, Horst

AU - Mösch, Edelgard

AU - Weyerer, Siegfried

AU - Werle, Jochen

AU - Bussche van den, Hendrik

AU - Eisele, Marion

AU - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GP) play an important role in detecting cognitive impairment among their patients. OBJECTIVES: To explore factors associated with GPs' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status. DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from an observational cohort study (AgeCoDe study); General practice surgeries in six German metropolitan study centers; home visits by interviewers. PARTICIPANTS: 138 GPs, 3,181 patients (80.13 +/- 3.61 years, 65.23% female). MEASUREMENTS: General practitioner questionnaire for each patient: familiarity with the patient, patient morbidity, judgment of cognitive status. Home visits by trained interviewers: sociodemographic and clinical data, psychometric test performance. Multivariate regression analysis was used to identify independent associations with the GPs' judgment of "cognitively impaired" vs. "cognitively unimpaired." RESULTS: Less familiar patients (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.42, 95% CI 1.35-4.32, for poor vs. very high familiarity), less mobile patients (aOR 1.29, 95% CI 1.13-1.46), patients with impaired hearing (aOR 5.46, 95% CI 2.35-12.67 for serious vs. no problems), and patients with greater comorbidity (aOR 1.15, 95% CI 1.08-1.22) were more likely to be rated as "cognitively impaired" by their GPs. CONCLUSIONS: The associations between GPs' assessments of cognitive impairment and their familiarity with their patients and patients' mobility, hearing, and morbidity provide important insights into how GPs make their judgments.

AB - BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GP) play an important role in detecting cognitive impairment among their patients. OBJECTIVES: To explore factors associated with GPs' judgment of their elderly patients' cognitive status. DESIGN: Cross-sectional data from an observational cohort study (AgeCoDe study); General practice surgeries in six German metropolitan study centers; home visits by interviewers. PARTICIPANTS: 138 GPs, 3,181 patients (80.13 +/- 3.61 years, 65.23% female). MEASUREMENTS: General practitioner questionnaire for each patient: familiarity with the patient, patient morbidity, judgment of cognitive status. Home visits by trained interviewers: sociodemographic and clinical data, psychometric test performance. Multivariate regression analysis was used to identify independent associations with the GPs' judgment of "cognitively impaired" vs. "cognitively unimpaired." RESULTS: Less familiar patients (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.42, 95% CI 1.35-4.32, for poor vs. very high familiarity), less mobile patients (aOR 1.29, 95% CI 1.13-1.46), patients with impaired hearing (aOR 5.46, 95% CI 2.35-12.67 for serious vs. no problems), and patients with greater comorbidity (aOR 1.15, 95% CI 1.08-1.22) were more likely to be rated as "cognitively impaired" by their GPs. CONCLUSIONS: The associations between GPs' assessments of cognitive impairment and their familiarity with their patients and patients' mobility, hearing, and morbidity provide important insights into how GPs make their judgments.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 24

SP - 1314

EP - 1317

JO - J GEN INTERN MED

JF - J GEN INTERN MED

SN - 0884-8734

IS - 12

M1 - 12

ER -