Haifeng Zhang|Samantha M Loi|Shu’aijun Zhou|Mei Zhao|Xiaozhen Lv|Jing Wang|Xiao Wang|Nicola Lautenschlager|Xinguang Yu|Huali Wang
Dementia Literacy among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Urban China: A Cross-sectional Study
Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|University of Melbourne|Melbourne Health|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|University of Melbourne|Melbourne Health|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital|Peking University|Peking University Sixth Hospital
delay seeking diagnosis dementia common china misinformation poor knowledge dementia may contribute study designed explore nationwide dementia literacy among older adults urban china investigate factors associated overall dementia literacyin crosssectional study convenience sample 3439 communitydwelling old adults aged 60 recruited 34 cities 20 provinces june 20 august 20 2014 participants administered facetoface mental health literacy questionnaire included prevalence symptoms intention options treatment dementia stepwise multivariate regression analysis used explore factors associated overall dementia literacythe response rate 874 overall dementia literacy 555 sd 209 among respondents correct response rate higher questions symptoms 587896 lower questions prevalence 222 choosing appropriate professional care personnel 222 male 1256 95 ci 10221543 lower per capita annual income 1314 95 ci 10641623 lower education 1462 95 ci 11621839 suspected depression 1248 95 ci 10091543 negatively associated overall dementia literacydementia literacy among communitydwelling older adults urban china remains low particular impact dementia appropriate treatment personnel community educational programs aiming close knowledge gap encouraged focus population highest risk low dementia literacy