Ayalon Liat, Areán Patricia A
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2004 Jan;19(1):51-7. doi: 10.1002/gps.1037.
The present study evaluated knowledge of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in four ethnic groups of older adults.
Ninety-six Anglo, 37 Latino, 30 Asian, and 30 African American older adults completed a short survey about AD.
Results indicated that Anglo older adults are significantly more knowledgeable about AD than African American, Asian, and Latino older adults. Level of education partially accounted for differences in knowledge of AD between Latino to Anglo older adults. After controlling for age, number of years of speaking English was associated with knowledge of AD in Asian older adults.
The results suggest that certain ethnic minority groups do not have sufficient information about AD, and this may explain the lack of AD service use by minorities. Extensive evaluation of barriers to knowledge of AD is needed in order to specifically target minority groups and educate them about AD and the importance of early intervention.
本研究评估了四个老年人群种族群体对阿尔茨海默病（AD）的了解情况。
96名盎格鲁人、37名拉丁裔、30名亚裔和30名非裔美国老年人完成了一项关于AD的简短调查。
结果表明，盎格鲁老年人群体对AD的了解明显多于非裔美国、亚裔和拉丁裔老年人群体。教育水平部分解释了拉丁裔与盎格鲁老年人群体在AD知识方面的差异。在控制年龄后，说英语的年限与亚裔老年人对AD的了解有关。
结果表明，某些少数族裔群体没有足够的关于AD的信息，这可能解释了少数族裔缺乏AD服务使用的原因。需要对AD知识障碍进行广泛评估，以便专门针对少数族裔群体，向他们传授AD知识以及早期干预的重要性。
