Faas, M. (2014) Dementiediagnostiek: nosologische diagnostiek in de ambulante praktijk. thesis, Medicine.
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Abstract
The number of elderly with dementia is increasing in high rate with the years to come. Dementia is an important problem that can affect the daily life of a patient and cannot be made without adequate investigation of the dementia. If a patient has a dementia syndrome, it may be important to know the etiological diagnosis such as Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia. The diagnosis of dementia is made on the basis of different diagnostic modalities such as the basis diagnostics consisting of the (hetero)anamnesis, observation, cognitive screening and physical examination and the additional investigation consisting of a neuropsychological assessment, neuro-imaging, an EEG, a PET-scan and a lumbar puncture. However, it’s unknown how many diagnostic modalities are usted in practice and what their distribution is. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive, retrospective dataresearch is to get more understanding in the diagnostic process in the ambulatory practice, in order to improve the quality of care. A database was made, with data from patients who had visited team 290 in 2011 and 2012 for diagnosing dementia. The database showed significantly more investigations were done in men, younger patients and patients who lived together with a partner or with a familymember. If a neuropsychological assessment was carried out, they were significantly done more in younger patientsa and an MRI or CT scan was significantly more done in men and patients who lived together with a partner or familymember. Alzheimer, vascular dementia or a combination of this dementias was confirmed in 61,2% of the cases. Further and extensive research is needed to confirm the data.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Boersma, F. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 10:49 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 10:49 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1062 |
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