A Survey of Dementia Knowledge and Recognition of Dementia Prevention and Practice in Healthy Older Adults.

IF 1.4 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra Pub Date : 2021-11-18 eCollection Date: 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1159/000519513

Nanako Yamane, Kanto Tsukagoshi, Miharu Hisada, Mina Yamaguchi, Yukiko Suzuki

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Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the level of dementia knowledge and behaviors recognized as dementia-preventive and the practice thereof among healthy older adults who are highly motivated to engage in activities.

Methods: The participants were older adults registered at the Silver Human Resource Center of city A, and participants anonymously filled questionnaires through the aggregation method in January 2020.

Results: The analysis included 78 participants (the effective response rate was 49.7%). All participants were aware of at least 4 dementia-preventive behaviors, and about 80% of all participants practiced at least 1 preventive behavior. Approximately 20% of participants were not practicing preventive behaviors at all. The elderly aged 65 to 74 years had more knowledge about dementia and more types of behavior perceived as dementia-preventive than the elderly aged 75 years and older. There was no significant correlation between the level of dementia knowledge and the number of types of dementia-preventive behaviors.

Conclusions: Healthy older adults were aware of numerous behaviors for dementia prevention, and most older adults practiced preventive behaviors. In contrast, even with a high amount of knowledge about dementia, a small number of healthy older adults did not translate this knowledge into preventative behavioral practices. High levels of dementia knowledge do not translate into preventive behavioral practices.

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健康老年人痴呆知识与认知及痴呆预防与实践调查

目的:本研究的目的是调查那些积极参加活动的健康老年人的痴呆症知识水平和被认为是痴呆症预防的行为及其实践。方法:研究对象为A市银色人力资源中心注册的老年人，于2020年1月采用汇总法匿名填写问卷。结果:共纳入78例患者，有效有效率为49.7%。所有参与者都知道至少4种预防痴呆症的行为，约80%的参与者至少有1种预防行为。大约20%的参与者根本没有采取预防措施。与75岁及以上的老年人相比，65岁至74岁的老年人对痴呆症的了解更多，被认为可以预防痴呆症的行为类型也更多。痴呆知识水平与痴呆预防行为类型的数量之间无显著相关。结论:健康老年人意识到许多预防痴呆症的行为，并且大多数老年人都采取了预防行为。相比之下，即使有大量关于痴呆症的知识，少数健康的老年人也没有将这些知识转化为预防行为实践。高水平的痴呆症知识并不能转化为预防性行为实践。

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Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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4.30

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审稿时长

9 weeks

期刊介绍： This open access and online-only journal publishes original articles covering the entire spectrum of cognitive dysfunction such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea and other neurodegenerative diseases. The journal draws from diverse related research disciplines such as psychogeriatrics, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, morphology, physiology, genetic molecular biology, pathology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology and pharmaceutics. Strong emphasis is placed on the publication of research findings from animal studies which are complemented by clinical and therapeutic experience to give an overall appreciation of the field. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra provides additional contents based on reviewed and accepted submissions to the main journal Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra .