title: [Differences in Attitudes of Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment Towards Early Diagnosis at a University Clinic and a Specialist Physician's Office].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the attitude of patients with mild cognitive impairment to diagnostics under different healthcare settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comparative survey was carried out of 38 patients at a university outpatient clinic and 91 patients at a specialist practice with regard to their attitudes towards early diagnosis of dementia and willingness to undergo CSF analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Willingness to undergo CSF analysis was higher among the patients at the university outpatient unit than those at the specialist practice (p = 0.040), and willingness to undergo early diagnosis was comparable high in both groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different attitudes of patients with mild cognitive impairment should be reflected in different healthcare settings.
authors.affiliation: BVDN, Praxis Bohlken, Berlin.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bohlken
authors.affiliation: NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Köbe
authors.affiliation: NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.affiliation: Kognitionswissenschaften, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Potsdam.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.affiliation: Community Medicine, Universität Greifswald.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohlmann
authors.affiliation: NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flöel
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006306:Health Surveys; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010820:Physicians; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors