Paul Sebo, Neria E Winkler, Marie Morel, Mohamed Amir Moussa, Dagmar M Haller, Hubert Maisonneuve
Who are the patients who use non-pharmacological home remedies? Cross-sectional study in Switzerland and France
Family practice
healthcare needs people living dementia plwd alzheimers disease often unmet information needs communitydwelling plwd association sociodemographic clinical characteristics needed fill knowledge gap regarding factors influencing unmet needs among plwd conduct comprehensive needs assessment develop tailored interventions describe sociodemographic clinical characteristics independent study population particular reference determinants unmet needs analyzed baseline data multicentre clusterrandomized controlled trial independent using descriptive statistics describe patients sociodemographic clinical characteristics poisson regression models predict unmet needs separated sex data collected personally via facetoface interviews n 417 participating plwd mild moderately cognitively impaired depressed average 108 diagnoses took 67 medications average 24 unmet needs 62 plwd least one unmet need measured camberwell assessment need elderly cane low social support high bodymassindex lower education functional impairment worse health status associated unmet needs regardless sex women higher unmet needs associated depressive symptoms poor financial situation living alone recently treated general practitioner males unmet needs increased number medications taken plwd broad array unmet healthcare needs indicating primary healthcare provision improvement potentials results underscore significance early assessment patients clinical characteristics unmet needs basis individualized gendersensible intervention strategiesclinicaltrialsgov identifier nct04741932 registered february 5 2021