dc.contributor.author | Davy, Vancampfort | |
dc.contributor.author | James, Mugisha | |
dc.contributor.author | Samuel, Kimbowa | |
dc.contributor.author | Hafsa, Lukwata | |
dc.contributor.author | Tine, Van Damme | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathieu, Vandenbulcke | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-04T10:14:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-04T10:14:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vancampfort, D., Mugisha, J., Kimbowa, S., Lukwata, H., Van Damme, T., & Vandenbulcke, M. (2023). Efficacy of an 8-hour education intervention on dementia knowledge, attitude and skills in healthcare professionals in regional hospitals: a nation-wide study from Uganda. Pan African Medical Journal, 44(1). | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.165.36470 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/1767 | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: dementia imposes an enormous
burden, mainly in low-income countries (LICs). Due
to lack of well-trained healthcare professionals,
70-90% of people with dementia do not receive
adequate care in LICs. The aim of this study was to
evaluate whether a one-day, 8-hour medical
education intervention on dementia care improves
the knowledge and attitude about and confidence
in providing dementia care among healthcare
professionals in 8 referral hospitals in Uganda.
Methods: in this pre-test/post-test study without a
control group, participants completed the
Alzheimer´s Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS),
Dementia Care Attitude Scale (DCAS), and 9 visual
analogue scales (VAS) regarding confidence in
specific dementia care skills pre- and post-medical
education intervention. Results: in one hundred
twelve healthcare professionals (age = 41.7±10.2
years; 54.5% women), the ADKS, DCAS, and VAS
scores for recognizing and assessing core dementia
symptoms, communicating effectively, providing
psycho-education, activating patients mentally and
physically, managing behavioral and psychological
symptoms, and involving carers in the treatment
improved significantly (P < 0.001) post-medical
education intervention. Conclusion: our study
demonstrates that brief educational interventions
are efficacious in strengthening the dementia
literacy among healthcare professionals in a low-
income country. Future research should explore
whether such brief educational interventions also
result in implementation of efficacious dementia
care into routine clinical practice and whether it
ultimately may lead to improved health outcomes
in patients and formal and informal caregivers | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Pan African Medical Journal | en_US |
dc.subject | Dementia knowledge | en_US |
dc.subject | Healthcare professionals | en_US |
dc.subject | Regional hospitals | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Efficacy of an 8-hour education intervention on dementia knowledge, attitude and skills in healthcare professionals in regional hospitals: a nation-wide study from Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |