Yoko Aihara|Kiyoshi Maeda
Dementia Literacy and Willingness to Dementia Screening
Kobe Gakuin University|Kobe Gakuin University
increasing prevalence delayed missed diagnoses dementia constitutes major public concern regard inadequate knowledge poor understanding condition may create barrier timely dementia screening crosssectional study assessed dementia literacy identified association dementia literacy willingness undergo routine dementia screening among communitydwelling older adults two urban areas japan specifically structured questionnaires distributed total 854 individuals aged 65 years multivariate logistic regression used explore factors associated dementia literacy willingness undergo routine dementia screening results showed younger respondents respondents received dementia information televisionradio andor paperbased sources likely high dementia literacy less half participants willing undergo routine dementia screening higher dementia literacy willing albeit statistically significant difference although pros cons routine dementia screening necessary implement system detect dementia cognitive impairment assessments also attempt gain information individual beliefs understandings related dementia information