STATEWIDE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

全州阿尔茨海默病公众意见调查

• 批准号: 6267442
• 负责人: Cathleen M Connell
• 金额: $ 18.57万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 1999-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6267442
• 关键词: Alzheimer's disease; attitude; awareness; behavioral /social science research tag; belief; data collection methodology /evaluation; decision making; dementia; health care service utilization; human subject; interview; population survey; psychological models; public health

The impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in terms of its prevalence and cost to society, is increasingly recognized as a major public health issue. Currently, however, little is known about the public's awareness and understanding of AD. Because individuals with AD are unlikely to seek information or professional help for themselves (due, in part, to their cognitive deficits and the stigma of the disease), the knowledge of and attitudes about AD among family members, friends, neighbors, and society in general will play a major role in the health decisions made on behalf of individuals with dementia. The purpose of the proposed research is to assess the level of knowledge and commonly held myths and misconceptions about the cause, symptoms, perceived risk, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of AD. The long-term objective is to incorporate findings from this research into the statewide information dissemination and educational outreach interventions of the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Ultimately, efforts to increase societal awareness and understanding of AD will increase acceptance and compassion for patients with AD and their families and lead to greater support for dementia-related research, service delivery, and health care policy initiatives. The two specific aims of the proposed research include: a) to assess knowledge of and attitudes toward AD among adults in Michigan and b) to assess awareness and attitudes toward utilization of the statewide network of dementia services among adults in Michigan. To accomplish these aims, data will be collected via a telephone interview of a systematic random sample of 1,200 Michigan residents aged 18 or older identified by random digit dialing. The telephone interviews will be conducted by the Survey Research Center (SRC) of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan using state-of-the-art procedures and facilities. SRC personnel will complete two focus groups and two pretests to assist in questionnaire development. The broad content areas covered in the survey include: familiarity with AD, knowledge of the attitudes toward AD, health beliefs (e.g., perceived severity, susceptibility, benefits of and barriers to seeking services), awareness of local and statewide services for dementia patients, and demographic and background characteristics. The first stage of data analysis will include the examination of univariate and bivariate statistics. Next, models of health decision making will be estimate using multivariate procedures, including multiple regression analyses.

阿尔茨海默病（AD）的影响，就其 流行率和社会成本，越来越多地认识到 作为一个重大的公共卫生问题。 然而，目前， 了解公众对 AD. 因为AD患者不太可能寻求 信息或专业帮助（由于， 一部分，他们的认知缺陷和耻辱的 疾病），对AD的知识和态度， 家庭成员、朋友、邻居和整个社会 将在健康决策中发挥重要作用， 代表痴呆症患者。 的目的 建议的研究是评估知识水平， 关于病因的普遍的神话和误解， 症状、感知风险、评估、诊断和 治疗AD。 长期目标是将 这项研究的结果来自全州范围的信息， 宣传和教育外联活动 密歇根阿尔茨海默病研究中心。 最后， 努力提高社会认识和了解 AD将增加对患者的接受和同情 与AD及其家人，并导致更大的支持 痴呆症相关研究、服务提供和健康 关怀政策举措。 拟议研究的两个具体目标包括： 评估成人对AD的知识和态度 在密歇根州和B）评估认识和态度， 利用全州痴呆症服务网络 在密歇根州的成年人中。 为了实现这些目标，数据 将通过系统的电话采访收集 随机抽取了1,200名18岁或以上的密歇根州居民 通过随机数字拨号识别。 电话 访谈将由调查研究中心进行 (SRC)联合国社会研究所 密歇根大学使用最先进的程序 和设施。 SRC人员将完成两个重点 小组和两个预测试，以协助调查问卷 发展 调查涵盖的广泛内容领域 包括：熟悉AD，了解 对于AD，健康信念（例如，感知的严重性， 易受影响性、寻求的好处和障碍 服务），了解当地和全州的服务， 老年痴呆症患者，人口统计学和背景 特色 数据分析的第一阶段将 包括单变量和双变量的检验 统计 接下来，健康决策模型将 使用多变量程序估计，包括多个 回归分析