Geurts Tijmen, Oostra Dorien L, Olde Rikkert Marcel G M, Nieuwboer Minke S, Perry Marieke
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud Research Institute, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Radboudumc Alzheimer Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2025 May 2;18:2477-2480. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S511932. eCollection 2025.
Allied health professionals can contribute to better quality of life of people with dementia. However, it is unclear whether DementiaNet networks effectively integrate their expertise. We aim to describe the extent of allied health involvement in DementiaNet networks.
Between 2015 and 2021, 35 currently active primary care networks were formed. During this period, logs of the network's composition were kept and used to describe allied health involvement.
Ten networks included at least one allied health professional at the start of the project, which increased to 17 networks at follow-up. Networks with allied health professionals were larger than average and predominantly situated in (sub)urban areas.
Less than half of the DementiaNet networks included allied health professionals at follow-up. The reasons for this are unknown. Therefore, exploration of barriers and facilitators for allied health involvement is necessary to engage allied health professionals and improve interprofessional collaboration.
专职医疗专业人员有助于提高痴呆症患者的生活质量。然而,尚不清楚痴呆症网络是否有效地整合了他们的专业知识。我们旨在描述专职医疗在痴呆症网络中的参与程度。
在2015年至2021年期间,组建了35个目前仍在运作的初级保健网络。在此期间,记录了网络的组成情况,并用于描述专职医疗的参与情况。
在项目开始时,有10个网络至少包括一名专职医疗专业人员,随访时增加到17个网络。有专职医疗专业人员的网络规模大于平均水平,主要位于(亚)城市地区。
在随访时,不到一半的痴呆症网络包括专职医疗专业人员。原因尚不清楚。因此,有必要探索专职医疗参与的障碍和促进因素,以使专职医疗专业人员参与进来并改善跨专业协作。