Perceptions of self-defined memory problems vary in south Asian minority older people who consult a GP and those who do not: A mixed-method pilot study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 379-387

  Giebel, Clarissa ^a   Challis, David ^a,e   Worden, Angela ^a   Jolley, David ^a   Bhui, Kamaldeep Singh ^b   Lambat, Ahmed ^c   Purandare, Nitin ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LMCP Care Link   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; depression; diagnosis; ethnic minorities; explanatory models; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PILOT STUDY; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; ETHNOLOGY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84959452197     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4337     Document Type: Article

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