Jianping Jia1, Xiumei Zuo2, Xiang-Fei Jia3, Changbiao Chu2, Liyong Wu2, Aihong Zhou2, Cuibai Wei2, Yi Tang2, Dan Li2, Wei Qin2, Haiqing Song2, Qingfeng Ma2, Junjie Li2, Yongxin Sun2, Baoquan Min2, Sufang Xue2, Erhe Xu2, Quan Yuan2, Min Wang2, Xiaoqin Huang2, Chunqiu Fan2, Jianghong Liu2, Yi Ren2, Qian Jia2, Qi Wang2, Lidong Jiao2, Yi Xing2, Xiaoguang Wu4. 1. Department of Neurology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University; Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University; Center of Alzheimer's Disease of Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Beijing Key Laboratory of Geriatric Cognitive Disorders; Beijing, P. R. China. Electronic address: jjp@ccmu.edu.cn. 2. Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University; Center of Alzheimer's Disease of Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Beijing Key Laboratory of Geriatric Cognitive Disorders; Beijing, P. R. China. 3. Department of Computer Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 4. Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The status of dementia diagnosis and treatment of neurology outpatients in general hospitals in China remains unclear. METHODS: From neurology outpatients at 36 randomly selected hospitals, we first collected baseline data concerning the number of dementia doctors, memory clinics, and patients diagnosed with dementia. In stage 2, we intervened based on drawbacks discovered in stage 1, implementing a dementia initiative program. In stage 3, we reinvestigated the outpatients to determine the effects of intervention. RESULTS: After intervention, all 36 hospitals had established memory clinics (205 dementia doctors) compared with only 6 (47 dementia doctors) before intervention. The percentage of patients diagnosed with dementia significantly increased from 0.10% (536 dementia patients of 553,986 outpatients) in stage 1 to 0.41% (2482 dementia patients of 599,214 outpatients) in stage 3. DISCUSSION: Proper diagnosis and treatment are unavailable to many dementia patients because of a lack of dementia doctors and memory clinics in China.
INTRODUCTION: The status of dementia diagnosis and treatment of neurology outpatients in general hospitals in China remains unclear. METHODS: From neurology outpatients at 36 randomly selected hospitals, we first collected baseline data concerning the number of dementia doctors, memory clinics, and patients diagnosed with dementia. In stage 2, we intervened based on drawbacks discovered in stage 1, implementing a dementia initiative program. In stage 3, we reinvestigated the outpatients to determine the effects of intervention. RESULTS: After intervention, all 36 hospitals had established memory clinics (205 dementia doctors) compared with only 6 (47 dementia doctors) before intervention. The percentage of patients diagnosed with dementia significantly increased from 0.10% (536 dementiapatients of 553,986 outpatients) in stage 1 to 0.41% (2482 dementiapatients of 599,214 outpatients) in stage 3. DISCUSSION: Proper diagnosis and treatment are unavailable to many dementiapatients because of a lack of dementia doctors and memory clinics in China.
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