TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential diagnosis of dementia
T2 - intra- and interdiscipline agreement
AU - Plugge, Leonard A.
AU - Verhey, Frans R.J.
AU - van Everdingen, Jannes J.E.
AU - Jolles, Jellemer
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - Ninety clinicians from six disciplines diagnosed ten case descriptions of patients, judged by a multidisciplinary expert committee to suffer from dementia. Five cases were diagnosed before and five after a consensus meeting on the diagnosis of dementia. A significant change in the level of agreement between the disciplines could not be established. The analysis did show a significant difference between the disciplines in the use of etiologic diagnoses. The results indicated that, in order to avoid possible bias caused by medical specialization, a multidisciplinary approach for this type of patient is rec ommended (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1991;4:90-97).
AB - Ninety clinicians from six disciplines diagnosed ten case descriptions of patients, judged by a multidisciplinary expert committee to suffer from dementia. Five cases were diagnosed before and five after a consensus meeting on the diagnosis of dementia. A significant change in the level of agreement between the disciplines could not be established. The analysis did show a significant difference between the disciplines in the use of etiologic diagnoses. The results indicated that, in order to avoid possible bias caused by medical specialization, a multidisciplinary approach for this type of patient is rec ommended (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1991;4:90-97).
U2 - 10.1177/089198879100400207
DO - 10.1177/089198879100400207
M3 - Article
C2 - 1854426
SN - 0891-9887
VL - 4
SP - 90
EP - 97
JO - Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
JF - Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
IS - 2
ER -