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Table 6 Topics that are currently addressed (if applicable) in the feedback session with the client and/or family/carer (% agreement)

From: Characterising Australian memory clinics: current practice and service needs informing national service guidelines

 

Overall (n = 51)

Metro (n = 38)

Regional (n = 13)

Public (n = 38)

Private (n = 13)

Diagnosis

98.0

100.0

92.3

100.0

92.3

Driving

98.0

97.4

100.0

97.4

100.0

Pharmacological intervention options/ recommendations

96.1

97.4

92.3

94.7

100.0

Next steps for post-diagnostic care planning

94.1

94.7

92.3

94.7

92.3

Beneficial lifestyle changes

94.1

92.1

100.0

94.7

92.3

Information on Dementia Australia

88.2

86.8

92.3

86.8

92.3

Information on community care services

86.3

84.2

92.3

89.5

76.9

Risk management

84.3

78.9

100.0

84.2

84.6

Further medical assessments

80.4

84.2

69.2

76.3

92.3

Carer support

80.4

76.3

92.3

86.8*

61.5*

Safety issues

80.4

78.9

84.6

78.9

84.6

Impairment management

70.6

73.7

61.5

71.1

69.2

Cognitive intervention options

60.8

60.5

61.5

60.5

61.5

Legal advice services

52.9

52.6

53.8

55.3

46.2

Research participation opportunities

51.0

57.9

30.8

55.3

38.5

Pension and benefits

39.2

39.5

38.5

42.1

30.8

Suicidal risk

35.3

34.2

38.5

34.2

38.5

Information on brain bank

9.8

10.5

7.7

5.7

23.1

Other

2.0

2.6

0.0

2.6

0.0

  1. *Significant difference (Chi-square; p < .05)