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Table 3 Physician practice patterns at 6 months post-training

From: Improving dementia diagnosis and management in primary care: a cohort study of the impact of a training and support program on physician competency, practice patterns, and community linkages

Physician use of cognitive assessment tools (N = 14)a

 

Pre-training % currently use

6 month follow up % currently use

Pb

Mini-Cog

21

93

.002

AD-8

7

57

.016

Physician information sharing c (N = 28)

 

% Reporting

Other practice providers

50

Other practice staff or nurses

54

Providers in outside practices

21

  1. aOnly 14 physicians were asked specifically about use of these tools at both baseline and follow-up.
  2. bExact test for related samples.
  3. cPhysicians were asked: In the months since the training, have you used the information gained to train, teach or consult with the following.