Description of general practitioners' practices when suspecting cognitive impairment. Recourse to care in dementia (Recaredem) study.

Objective: General practitioners (GPs) play a major role in the assessment of dementia but it is still unrecognized in primary care and its management is heterogeneous. Our objective is to describe the usual practices, and their determinants, of French GPs in this field.

Methods: GPs' characteristics and practices when facing cognitive decline were collected through a telephone interview and a postal questionnaire.