Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos Street, Porto Alegre, 240090035003, Brazil.
Secretaria de Saúde Do Estado Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Borges de Medeiros Avenue, Porto Alegre, 150190119900, Brazil.
BMC Prim Care. 2024 Oct 16;25(1):370. doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02619-7.
Primary Care Physicians have a central role in assisting individuals with dementia and evaluating their preparedness to care these patients is fundamental. Our aim is to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes regarding dementia of the Primary Care Physicians (PCP) in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state, Southern Brazil.
We collected sociodemographic data, volume of patients with dementia treated/referred and perception of difficulties in caring for these patients. A previously validated questionnaire was sent: "Quiz on Knowledge and Attitudes in Dementia".
From March/2022 to June/2023, 296 PCP responded to the questionnaire. They were mostly women (52.7%, 156), with a median [IQR] age of 35 [29-44] years, mostly were White (82.1%, 243) and had 7 (4-16) years of experience as a physician. Less than half of the physicians performed cognitive screening (43.9%) and Mini Mental State Examination was the most screening (63.5%) test used. The mean percentage of correct answers in the Knowledge Quiz was 46.4%. In the attitude quiz, we identified 3 factors: 1) frankly positive attitudes; 2) perceive primary care as important but have a pessimistic attitude towards them; 3) see primary care as important for patient care.
Knowledge about dementia is low among PCP in RS; however, most have positive attitudes towards these patients or think primary care is important to these patient's care.
初级保健医生在帮助痴呆患者方面发挥着核心作用，评估他们照顾这些患者的准备情况至关重要。我们的目的是评估巴西南里奥格兰德州（RS）初级保健医生（PCP）对痴呆症的知识和态度。
我们收集了社会人口统计学数据、治疗/转诊的痴呆患者数量以及照顾这些患者的困难程度。我们发送了一份经过验证的问卷：“痴呆症知识和态度测验”。
从 2022 年 3 月至 2023 年 6 月，共有 296 名 PCP 回答了问卷。他们大多是女性（52.7%，156 人），中位数[IQR]年龄为 35 [29-44] 岁，大多为白人（82.1%，243 人），作为医生的经验为 7（4-16）年。不到一半的医生进行认知筛查（43.9%），使用最广泛的筛查（63.5%）测试是 Mini Mental State Examination。知识测验中正确答案的平均百分比为 46.4%。在态度测验中，我们确定了 3 个因素：1）坦率的积极态度；2）认为初级保健很重要，但对其持悲观态度；3）认为初级保健对患者护理很重要。
RS 的 PCP 对痴呆症的知识水平较低；然而，大多数人对这些患者持积极态度，或认为初级保健对这些患者的护理很重要。
