Reducing Barriers in GP dementia diagnostics for people with a migrant background
Organizational Data
- DRKS-ID:
- DRKS00012503
- Recruitment Status:
- Recruiting complete, study complete
- Date of registration in DRKS:
- 2017-09-05
- Last update in DRKS:
- 2023-01-30
- Registration type:
- Prospective
Acronym/abbreviation of the study
BaDeMi
URL of the study
No Entry
Brief summary in lay language
In Germany, a doubling of people suffering from dementia from 1.55 million (2015) up to 3 million in 2050 is predicted. General Practitioners (GPs) are the first contact person of people with health problems. That’s why GPs are in optimal position to increase awareness of all sorts of dementia. Especially people with a migration background require particular attention. The BaDeMi Project aims at improving dementia diagnostics in general practice through a reduction of barriers among doctors and patients. In the course of the first study, experiences, potential barriers on the doctor’s and patient’s side as well as possibilities to improve dementia diagnostics should be detected. Special focus is laid on patients with a migration background. A random sample of 1,000 GPs in NRW will be contacted with a letter containing the questionnaire that had to be filled in.
Brief summary in scientific language
In Germany, a doubling of prevalence of dementia from 1.55 million (2015) up to 3 million in 2050 is predicted. General Practitioners (GPs) are the first contact person of people with health problems, also when they notice first symptoms of dementia. That’s why GPs are in optimal position to increase awareness of all sorts of dementia. Especially people with a migration background require particular attention because diagnostic tools of dementia are language-based, cross-cultural adaption is missing and the syndrome and underlying diseases are tabooed or handled differently in some cultures. Moreover a less frequent use of health services is reported. The BaDeMi Project aims at improving dementia diagnostics in general practice through a reduction of barriers among doctors and patients. In the course of the cross-sectional study, experiences, potential barriers on the doctor’s and patient’s side as well as possibilities to improve dementia diagnostics should be detected. Special focus is laid on patients with a migration background. A random sample of 1,000 GPs in NRW will be contacted with a letter containing the standardized questionnaire.
Health condition or problem studied
- ICD10:
- F00 - Dementia in Alzheimer disease
- ICD10:
- F01 - Vascular dementia
- ICD10:
- F02 - Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere
- ICD10:
- F03 - Unspecified dementia
- Healthy volunteers:
- No Entry
Interventions, Observational Groups
- Arm 1:
- A cross-sectional study among a random sample of 1,000 GPs in North-Rhine Westphalia will be conducted. They will be asked about their experiences with patients suffering from dementia or showing symptoms of demetia as well as barriers in diagnostics and possibities to support them. A Focus is set on patients with a migration background. GPs were contacted with a letter containing the standardized survey, a covery letter, a letter of explanation and a post-paid envelope. There were asked to participate. Statistical analyses of the results will be conducted.
Endpoints
- Primary outcome:
- The aim of this cross-sectional study is the identification of barriers in dementia diagnostics in general practice among people with and without a migration background A random sample of 1000 GPs in North Rhine-Westphalia will receive a standardized, written survey in September 2017. They have got the possibility to participate in the following three month.
- Secondary outcome:
- Another objective is the identification of established methods of dementia diagnostics in general practice and possible ways to support GPs in diagnostics and treatment of patients suffering from dementia. A random sample of 1000 GPs in North Rhine-Westphalia will receive a standardized, written survey in September 2017. They can participate in the following three month.
Study Design
- Purpose:
- Diagnostic
- Retrospective/prospective:
- No Entry
- Study type:
- Non-interventional
- Longitudinal/cross-sectional:
- No Entry
- Study type non-interventional:
- No Entry
Recruitment
- Recruitment Status:
- Recruiting complete, study complete
- Reason if recruiting stopped or withdrawn:
- No Entry
Recruitment Locations
- Recruitment countries:
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- Germany
- Number of study centers:
- Multicenter study
- Recruitment location(s):
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- Other Universität Bonn Nordrhein-Westfalen
Recruitment period and number of participants
- Planned study start date:
- 2017-09-25
- Actual study start date:
- 2017-10-02
- Planned study completion date:
- No Entry
- Actual Study Completion Date:
- 2018-01-23
- Target Sample Size:
- 1000
- Final Sample Size:
- 339
Inclusion Criteria
- Sex:
- All
- Minimum Age:
- 18 Years
- Maximum Age:
- no maximum age
- Additional Inclusion Criteria:
- Doctors enclosed in this study have to be registered in the database of the Medical Association North-Rhine (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein) as a GP.
Exclusion Criteria
All doctors who are no GPs as well as pediatricians were excluded.
Addresses
Primary Sponsor
- Address:
- Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft e.V. Selbsthilfe DemenzFriedrichstr. 23610969 BerlinGermany
- Telephone:
- No Entry
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- No Entry
- Investigator Sponsored/Initiated Trial (IST/IIT):
- Yes
Contact for Scientific Queries
- Address:
- Institut für Hausarztmedizin, medizinische Fakultät der Universität BonnProf. Dr. Eva MünsterSigmund-Freud-Str. 2553105 BonnGermany
- Telephone:
- 022828711345
- Fax:
- 022828711160
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://hausarztmedizin-bonn.de/
Contact for Public Queries
- Address:
- Institut für Hausarztmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität BonnM.Sc. Judith TillmannSigmund-Freud-Str. 2553105 BonnGermany
- Telephone:
- 022828713739
- Fax:
- 022828711160
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://hausarztmedizin-bonn.de/
Principal Investigator
- Address:
- Institut für Hausarztmedizin, medizinische Fakultät der Universität BonnProf. Dr. Eva MünsterSigmund-Freud-Str. 2553105 BonnGermany
- Telephone:
- 022828711345
- Fax:
- 022828711160
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- http://hausarztmedizin-bonn.de/
Sources of Monetary or Material Support
Private sponsorship (foundations, study societies, etc.)
- Address:
- Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft e.V. Selbsthilfe DemenzFriedrichstr. 23610969 BerlinGermany
- Telephone:
- No Entry
- Fax:
- No Entry
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- No Entry
Ethics Committee
Address Ethics Committee
- Address:
- Ethik-Kommission Medizinische Fakultät BonnVenusberg Campus 1, Geb. 0253105 BonnGermany
- Telephone:
- +49-228-28751282
- Fax:
- +49-228-28751932
- Contact per E-Mail:
- Contact per E-Mail
- URL:
- No Entry
Vote of leading Ethics Committee
- Vote of leading Ethics Committee
- Date of ethics committee application:
- 2017-08-07
- Ethics committee number:
- 251/17
- Vote of the Ethics Committee:
- Approved
- Date of the vote:
- 2017-08-21
Further identification numbers
- Other primary registry ID:
- No Entry
- EudraCT Number:
- No Entry
IPD - Individual Participant Data
- Do you plan to make participant-related data (IPD) available to other researchers in an anonymized form?:
- No
- IPD Sharing Plan:
- Data sharing is not investigated.
Study protocol and other study documents
- Study protocols:
- No Entry
- Study abstract:
- No Entry
- Other study documents:
- Barriers in general practitioners’ dementia diagnostics among people with a migration background in Germany (BaDeMi) - study protocol for a cross-sectional survey
- Background literature:
- No Entry
- Related DRKS studies:
- No Entry
Publication of study results
- Planned publication:
- No Entry
- Publikationen/Studienergebnisse:
- Challenges in diagnosing dementia in patients with a migrant background - a cross-sectional study among German general practitioners
- Hausärztlicher Umgang mit Patientenverfügung und Vorsorgevollmacht bei Demenzpatienten – Eine Querschnittsstudie unter deutschen Hausärzten
- Abschlussbericht: Barriereabbau in der hausärztlichen Demenzdiagnostik fürMenschen mit Migrationshintergrund (BaDeMi-Querschnittsstudie)
- Date of first publication of study results:
- 2019-02-25
- DRKS entry published for the first time with results:
- 2020-08-21
Basic reporting
- Basic Reporting / Results tables:
- No Entry
- Brief summary of results:
- No Entry