Discrepancies between self- and proxy-rated quality of life in people living with dementia.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze discrepancies between self- and proxy-rated health-related quality of life (HRQoL), measured with the EuroQol 5 Dimension 5 Level survey (EQ-5D-5L), in people living with dementia (PlwD) and their caregivers on an individual response level.

Methods: EQ-5D-5L, sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained from baseline data of = 174 dyads of a cluster-randomized, controlled intervention trial. Self- and proxy-rated EQ-5D-5L health profiles were evaluated in terms of response distribution and agreement (weighted Kappa), and discrepancies in individual dimension level were analyzed using the Paretian Classification of Health Change (PCHC) as well as the presence and degree of inconsistencies between ratings.

Healthcare Needs Patterns and Pattern-Predicting Factors in Dementia: Results of the Comprehensive, Computerized Unmet Needs Assessment from the Randomized, Controlled Interventional Trial InDePendent.

Background: Determining unmet need patterns and associated factors in primary care can potentially specify assessment batteries and tailor interventions in dementia more efficiently.

Objective: To identify latent unmet healthcare need patterns and associated sociodemographic and clinical factors.

Methods: This Latent Class Analysis (LCA) includes n = 417 community-dwelling people living with dementia.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of People Living with Dementia and Their Associations with Unmet Healthcare Needs: Insights from the Baseline Assessment of the InDePendent Study.

Background: The healthcare needs of People living with Dementia (PlwD) (such as Alzheimer's disease) are often unmet. Information about the needs of community-dwelling PlwD and their association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics is needed to fill the knowledge gap regarding factors influencing unmet needs among PlwD and to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to develop tailored interventions.

Objective: To describe sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the InDePendent study population with particular reference to determinants of unmet needs.

[Differences in Billing Patterns Between GPs and Pediatricians Using Early Diagnostics in Children and Adolescents as an Example: Analysis of Nationwide Data from Statutory Health Insurance Physicians].

Background: Despite a 13.1% increase in the number of pediatricians between 2011 - 2020, the capacity of pediatric care has largely stagnated. This is due to increasing flexibility in working hours and a declining willingness of doctors to establish practices.

Advanced nursing practice and interprofessional dementia care (InDePendent): study protocol for a multi-center, cluster-randomized, controlled, interventional trial.

Background: A redistribution of tasks between specialized nurses and primary care physicians, i.e., models of advanced nursing practice, has the potential to improve the treatment and care of the growing number of people with dementia (PwD).

A low-threshold intervention to increase physical activity and reduce physical inactivity in a group of healthy elderly people in Germany: Results of the randomized controlled MOVING study.

Background: Lack of physical activity (PA) and a high level of physical inactivity (PI) are associated with a higher risk for mortality and responsible for several non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular disease. Higher age is associated with a decrease of PA and an increasing level of PI. Studies have shown that interventions in the elderly have the potential to increase the amount of PA and to decrease the level of PI.

Levels of and determinants for physical activity and physical inactivity in a group of healthy elderly people in Germany: Baseline results of the MOVING-study.

Background: Low levels of physical activity (PA) and high levels of physical inactivity (PI) are associated with higher mortality and cardiovascular diseases. Higher age is associated with a decrease of PA, only 2.4-29% of ≥60 year-olds achieve the PA times recommended by WHO.

MOVING: Motivation-Oriented interVention study for the elderly IN Greifswald: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality. In 2014, they were responsible for 38.9% of all causes of death in Germany.