Dementia: opportunities for risk reduction and early detection in general practice.

@article{Millard2011DementiaOF,
  title={Dementia: opportunities for risk reduction and early detection in general practice.},
  author={Fiona B Millard and R. Lee Kennedy and Bernhard T. Baune},
  journal={Australian journal of primary health},
  year={2011},
  volume={17 1},
  pages={
          89-94
        }
}
This project aimed to measure general practitioner (GP), practice nurse and patient health literacy about memory problems, dementia and its risk factors. Data were collected from general practices across Australia and a smaller sample in England. Questionnaires explored sources and adequacy of dementia knowledge and a randomised controlled trial tested the intervention of a dementia risk reduction pamphlet on patient knowledge of dementia risk reduction strategies. Data were analysed using SPSS… 
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