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American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®
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Correlates of knowledge of Alzheimer's disease among caregivers

Barbara Hicks, MSN, RNC

Dementia and Memory Center, Office of Geriatric Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio

Barbara Kopp Miller, MA

Northwest Ohio Dementia and Memory Center, Office of Geriatric Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio

Little research has been conducted involving the effects that knowledge of Alzheimer's disease has on caregivers as well as the possible consequences of this knowledge. The major purpose of the current study was to determine the amount of knowledge caregivers possessed. The second purpose was to explore possible correlates of knowledge of Alzheimer's disease. One hundred and one caregivers participated in the study. Participants were given a 30 item test which consisted of 15 multiple choice items and 15 true/false items. The caregivers answered an average of 46 percent of the items correctly. Female caregivers answered more questions correctly compared to male caregivers. Additional results are presented in the paper Itappears that education about Alzheimer's disease is needed, especially in caregivers of patients diagnosed with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease. Strategies and suggestions for dissemination of this information are presented.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 9, No. 6, 31-39 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759400900605
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