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Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz

BACKGROUND: Dementia diseases, primarily Alzheimer’s disease, are on the rise worldwide. Adequate management of this development requires the involvement of the general population in appropriate measures; it also requires knowledge of the attitudes of the population with respect to the disease and t...

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Autores principales: Huber, Andreas, Seifert, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Medizin 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33733313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00391-021-01867-x
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description BACKGROUND: Dementia diseases, primarily Alzheimer’s disease, are on the rise worldwide. Adequate management of this development requires the involvement of the general population in appropriate measures; it also requires knowledge of the attitudes of the population with respect to the disease and the people it affects. A survey was thus conducted to discover the Swiss population’s attitude towards people with Alzheimer’s disease or related forms of dementia (ADRD) and identify the factors that influence this attitude. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A nationwide standardized telephone survey of 862 people aged 18 years and older was conducted in German, French, and Italian between July and September 2018. RESULTS: Age and attitude toward age were found to be significant predictors of attitudes towards people with ADRD. Subdividing this attitude into a cognitive and an affective conative component helped to more precisely assign the influences of independent variables. Regression models showed a positive effect on the affective conative component for contact with people with ADRD, being well informed, experienced pleasures, and a positive attitude toward age, while education, gender, and age had a positive impact on the cognitive component. Nevertheless, the independent variables could explain only part of the variance. CONCLUSION: Despite the overall positive attitude toward people with ADRD in the Swiss population, the results of this study have certain practical implications: in addition to being well informed, experience with people with ADRD has a positive influence on attitudes toward persons with this disease. Therefore, such contact should be encouraged to revise any negative perceptions of people with ADRD.
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spelling pubmed-85511182021-10-29 Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz Huber, Andreas Seifert, Alexander Z Gerontol Geriatr Originalien BACKGROUND: Dementia diseases, primarily Alzheimer’s disease, are on the rise worldwide. Adequate management of this development requires the involvement of the general population in appropriate measures; it also requires knowledge of the attitudes of the population with respect to the disease and the people it affects. A survey was thus conducted to discover the Swiss population’s attitude towards people with Alzheimer’s disease or related forms of dementia (ADRD) and identify the factors that influence this attitude. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A nationwide standardized telephone survey of 862 people aged 18 years and older was conducted in German, French, and Italian between July and September 2018. RESULTS: Age and attitude toward age were found to be significant predictors of attitudes towards people with ADRD. Subdividing this attitude into a cognitive and an affective conative component helped to more precisely assign the influences of independent variables. Regression models showed a positive effect on the affective conative component for contact with people with ADRD, being well informed, experienced pleasures, and a positive attitude toward age, while education, gender, and age had a positive impact on the cognitive component. Nevertheless, the independent variables could explain only part of the variance. CONCLUSION: Despite the overall positive attitude toward people with ADRD in the Swiss population, the results of this study have certain practical implications: in addition to being well informed, experience with people with ADRD has a positive influence on attitudes toward persons with this disease. Therefore, such contact should be encouraged to revise any negative perceptions of people with ADRD. Springer Medizin 2021-03-17 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8551118/ /pubmed/33733313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00391-021-01867-x Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access Dieser Artikel wird unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht, welche die Nutzung, Vervielfältigung, Bearbeitung, Verbreitung und Wiedergabe in jeglichem Medium und Format erlaubt, sofern Sie den/die ursprünglichen Autor(en) und die Quelle ordnungsgemäß nennen, einen Link zur Creative Commons Lizenz beifügen und angeben, ob Änderungen vorgenommen wurden. Die in diesem Artikel enthaltenen Bilder und sonstiges Drittmaterial unterliegen ebenfalls der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz, sofern sich aus der Abbildungslegende nichts anderes ergibt. Sofern das betreffende Material nicht unter der genannten Creative Commons Lizenz steht und die betreffende Handlung nicht nach gesetzlichen Vorschriften erlaubt ist, ist für die oben aufgeführten Weiterverwendungen des Materials die Einwilligung des jeweiligen Rechteinhabers einzuholen. Weitere Details zur Lizenz entnehmen Sie bitte der Lizenzinformation auf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz
title Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz
title_full Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz
title_fullStr Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz
title_full_unstemmed Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz
title_short Einstellungen gegenüber Menschen mit Demenz: Eine Bevölkerungsbefragung aus der Schweiz
title_sort einstellungen gegenüber menschen mit demenz: eine bevölkerungsbefragung aus der schweiz
topic Originalien
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33733313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00391-021-01867-x
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