'Working away in that Grey Area...' A qualitative exploration of the challenges general practitioners experience when managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

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dc.contributor.authorJennings, Aisling A.
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Tony
dc.contributor.authorMcHugh, Sheena M.
dc.contributor.authorBrowne, John P.
dc.contributor.authorBradley, Colin P.
dc.contributor.funderAtlantic Philanthropiesen
dc.contributor.funderIrish College of General Practitionersen
dc.contributor.funderCentre for Ageing Research and Development in Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderHealth Service Executive, Ireland
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-03T11:25:35Z
dc.date.available2018-01-03T11:25:35Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-06
dc.date.updated2017-12-22T10:51:35Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: general practitioners (GPs) have identified the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) as a particularly challenging aspect of dementia care. However, there is a paucity of research on why GPs find BPSD challenging and how this influences the care they offer to their patients with dementia. Objectives: to establish the challenges GPs experience when managing BPSD; to explore how these challenges influence GPs’ management decisions; and to identify strategies for overcoming these challenges. Design: qualitative study of GPs experiences of managing BPSD. Methods: semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 GPs in the Republic of Ireland. GPs were purposively recruited to include participants with differing levels of experience caring for people with BPSD in nursing homes and in community settings to provide maximum diversity of views. Interviews were analysed thematically. Results: three main challenges of managing BPSD were identified; lack of clinical guidance, stretched resources and difficulties managing expectations. The lack of relevant clinical guidance available affected GPs’ confidence when managing BPSD. In the absence of appropriate resources GPs felt reliant upon sedative medications. GPs believed their advocacy role was further compromised by the difficulties they experienced managing expectations of family caregivers and nursing home staff. Conclusions: this study helps to explain the apparent discrepancy between best practice recommendations in BPSD and real-life practice. It will be used to inform the design of an intervention to support the management of BPSD in general practice.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAtlantic Philanthropies and the Health Service Executive, Ireland (PREPARED (Primary Care Education, Pathways and Research of Dementia). PREPARED is supported by a €1.2 million three year grant (2015–2018)); Irish College of General Practitioners (career research grant); Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, CARDI (Fellowship)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationJennings, A. A., Foley, T., McHugh, S., Browne, J. P. and Bradley, C. P. (2017) '‘Working away in that Grey Area…’ A qualitative exploration of the challenges general practitioners experience when managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia', Age and Ageing, pp. 1-9. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afx175en
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ageing/afx175
dc.identifier.endpage9en
dc.identifier.issn0002-0729
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Age and Agingen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5213
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP)en
dc.rights© The Authors 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNon-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.comen
dc.subjectGeneral practitioners (GPs)en
dc.subjectDementiaen
dc.subjectBehavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD)en
dc.subjectQualitativeen
dc.subjectNeuropsychiatric symptomsen
dc.subjectDementiaen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectNursing homesen
dc.subjectPhysiciansen
dc.subjectFamilyen
dc.subjectBehavioren
dc.subjectSedativeen
dc.subjectCommunityen
dc.subjectFamily caregiversen
dc.title'Working away in that Grey Area...' A qualitative exploration of the challenges general practitioners experience when managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementiaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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