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Factors associated with public knowledge of and attitudes to dementia: A cross-sectional study

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Rosato, Michael, Leavey, Gerard, Cooper, Janine, De Cock, Paul, Devine, Paula·2019·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0210543PMC PMC6394927
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INTRODUCTION: Dementia is a major public health concern but one that continues to be stigmatised. We examine lay knowledge of dementia and attitudes to people with dementia as potential precursors of public anxiety, focusing on the social characteristics associated with (a) the formation of these attitudes, and (b) the perception of the need for restriction and control for people with dementia. METHODS: Analysis of the 2014 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey, which included questions on knowledge of, attitudes to and personal experience with dementia. We used (a) latent class analysis and (b) logistic regression to examine factors associated with respondent attitudes towards dementia. RESULTS: Respondents (n = 1211) had relatively good general knowledge of dementia, but limited knowledge of specific risk factors. Negative perceptions of dementia were mitigated somewhat by personal contact. A high proportion of respondents felt that high levels of control were appropriate for people diagnosed with dementia, even at early stages of the disease. CONCLUSION: Personal antipathy to dementia was highly prevalent despite ongoing public campaigns to increase public awareness of developments in its prevention, treatment and consequent care pathways and hampering efforts to widen social inclusion. Fresh thinking and more resources may be needed to challenge persisting common misapprehension of the condition and the formation of entrenched stigma.

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  • Rosato et al. found that only 44% of participants could answer questions about dementia risk factors correctly.

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    From Dementia Knowledge in Older and Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study (2024) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Results (Contact and care-giving; Table 2, page unavailable) do not report that 44% answered the risk-factor questions correctly. They report that 56.4% answered four or more of the five incorrectly, while only 11.2% answered four or more correctly; 44% is approximately the complement of the former figure, not a measure of correct answers. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Being informed about dementia and personal contact with affected individuals does not always result in positive reactions.

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Authors
Rosato, M., Leavey, G., Cooper, J., De Cock, P., & Devine, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Ulster (GB)
  • Queen's University Belfast (GB)
Corresponding author
Rosato, Michael
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Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2019-02-28
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
e0210543
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0210543
PMC
PMC6394927
OpenAlex
W2918767663
Cited by
60
References
31
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2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
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7.17
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journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Ulster University Research Portal (Ulster University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Public Health Agency (COM/4662/12, COM/5017/14)
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ES/S00744X/1, ES/L007509/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
dementia, dementia stigma, dementia risk factors, social inclusion, public awareness campaigns
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Dementia, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Middle Aged, Northern Ireland, Risk Factors, Stereotyping, Young Adult, Social Stigma

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