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Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information

Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the dementia literacy of community-dwelling adults in four cities (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau, and Zhuhai) of the Greater Bay Area of China, and to determine their mass media preferences for receiving dementia information. Methods: The...

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Autores principales: Leung, Angela Y. M., Molassiotis, Alex, Zhang, June, Deng, Renli, Liu, Ming, Van, Iat Kio, Leong, Cindy Siu U, Leung, Isaac S. H., Leung, Doris Y. P., Lin, Xiaoling, Loke, Alice Y.
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32272551
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072511
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author Leung, Angela Y. M.
Molassiotis, Alex
Zhang, June
Deng, Renli
Liu, Ming
Van, Iat Kio
Leong, Cindy Siu U
Leung, Isaac S. H.
Leung, Doris Y. P.
Lin, Xiaoling
Loke, Alice Y.
author_facet Leung, Angela Y. M.
Molassiotis, Alex
Zhang, June
Deng, Renli
Liu, Ming
Van, Iat Kio
Leong, Cindy Siu U
Leung, Isaac S. H.
Leung, Doris Y. P.
Lin, Xiaoling
Loke, Alice Y.
author_sort Leung, Angela Y. M.
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description Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the dementia literacy of community-dwelling adults in four cities (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau, and Zhuhai) of the Greater Bay Area of China, and to determine their mass media preferences for receiving dementia information. Methods: The survey was completed by 787 community-dwelling adults. Dementia literacy was indirectly measured using two validated scales—the 30-item Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale and the 20-item Dementia Attitude Scale (DAS). Participants were also asked to indicate whether they wanted to receive dementia information via digital or traditional media. Chi-square tests, logistic regressions, and MANOVA analyses were conducted. Results: Unemployed or retired people had poor attitudes towards dementia and lower levels of knowledge about dementia. Single, cohabiting, or divorced people in Hong Kong and Macau had lower DAS scores than married people. Young people and those with a secondary education preferred to get their dementia information from social media. People with a tertiary education and employed people enjoyed searching government or hospital websites for information. Middle-aged, unemployed, or retired people tended to learn about dementia from television or radio. Conclusion: It is worth educating the public about dementia and developing strategies consistent with their preferences for types of mass media.
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spelling pubmed-71773422020-04-28 Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information Leung, Angela Y. M. Molassiotis, Alex Zhang, June Deng, Renli Liu, Ming Van, Iat Kio Leong, Cindy Siu U Leung, Isaac S. H. Leung, Doris Y. P. Lin, Xiaoling Loke, Alice Y. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the dementia literacy of community-dwelling adults in four cities (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau, and Zhuhai) of the Greater Bay Area of China, and to determine their mass media preferences for receiving dementia information. Methods: The survey was completed by 787 community-dwelling adults. Dementia literacy was indirectly measured using two validated scales—the 30-item Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale and the 20-item Dementia Attitude Scale (DAS). Participants were also asked to indicate whether they wanted to receive dementia information via digital or traditional media. Chi-square tests, logistic regressions, and MANOVA analyses were conducted. Results: Unemployed or retired people had poor attitudes towards dementia and lower levels of knowledge about dementia. Single, cohabiting, or divorced people in Hong Kong and Macau had lower DAS scores than married people. Young people and those with a secondary education preferred to get their dementia information from social media. People with a tertiary education and employed people enjoyed searching government or hospital websites for information. Middle-aged, unemployed, or retired people tended to learn about dementia from television or radio. Conclusion: It is worth educating the public about dementia and developing strategies consistent with their preferences for types of mass media. MDPI 2020-04-07 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7177342/ /pubmed/32272551 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072511 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Leung, Angela Y. M.
Molassiotis, Alex
Zhang, June
Deng, Renli
Liu, Ming
Van, Iat Kio
Leong, Cindy Siu U
Leung, Isaac S. H.
Leung, Doris Y. P.
Lin, Xiaoling
Loke, Alice Y.
Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information
title Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information
title_full Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information
title_fullStr Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information
title_full_unstemmed Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information
title_short Dementia Literacy in the Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-Risk Population and the Preferred Types of Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information
title_sort dementia literacy in the greater bay area, china: identifying the at-risk population and the preferred types of mass media for receiving dementia information
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32272551
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072511
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