Public knowledge about dementia in South Korea: a community-based cross-sectional survey
| Autor: | Dong Young Lee, Hyun-Ju Seo, Mi Ra Sung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Aging Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Higher education Cross-sectional study Target audience Disease Young Adult Age Distribution Alzheimer Disease Risk Factors Public knowledge Surveys and Questionnaires Republic of Korea mental disorders medicine Humans Dementia Elderly adults Sex Distribution Child Aged Community based business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Gerontology |
| Zdroj: | International Psychogeriatrics. 27:463-469 |
| ISSN: | 1741-203X 1041-6102 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1041610214001896 |
| Popis: | Background:The highest increase in the prevalence of dementia in the elderly population is expected in South Korea than in any other country in the world. However, there is no assessment of the community-based general populations’ understanding of dementia in South Korea, in spite of the increasing burden of dementia. Thus, this study assessed the public knowledge about dementia.Methods:This is a population-based, cross-sectional study of 2,189 participants, aged 10 years or older, and living in Seoul, South Korea. A 12-item questionnaire with true/false responses was used to assess the knowledge about dementia from June to November 2011. The data obtained were analyzed using quantitative methods.Results:The mean score for the knowledge about dementia was 9.0 ± 2.1 points out of 12 points. More than half of the respondents (52.7%) reported that dementia is not treatable, and one-third of the participants did not know that Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. The level of dementia knowledge was negatively associated with increasing age, and positively associated with higher education level.Conclusions:Our results suggest that although laypersons had a fair knowledge about dementia, further educational programs and campaigns are needed to improve knowledge about dementia, more focusing on elderly adults as the target audience and emphasizing the causes and treatments of dementia as educational contents. |
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