Youn Jinyoung, Oh Eungseok, Park Jinse, Park Suyeon, Kim Ji Sun, Jang Wooyoung
Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sunkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Neuroepidemiology. 2016;47(2):117-123. doi: 10.1159/000452500. Epub 2016 Nov 2.
Considering the increasing prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD), the lack of awareness and knowledge regarding PD may be barriers to the early diagnosis and the provision of optimal care to affected patients. This study aimed to investigate the awareness and knowledge about PD among the general population in South Korea and to identify the factors that are associated with these parameters.
We developed a structured, 22-item questionnaire that consisted of both open-ended and close-ended questions. A total of 1,000 people from the general public were randomly sampled in proportion to the country's population density and were questioned by well-trained interviewers. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied to identify the factors associated with awareness and knowledge of PD.
Age, household income and education level were independently associated with awareness of PD. Subjects between 40 and 59 years of age and those who had completed more than 12 years of education showed more awareness of PD. Regarding knowledge about PD, younger subjects exhibited the least knowledge compared to respondents between 40 and 59 years of age and those above 60 years of age. Low socioeconomic status tended to be associated with poor knowledge of PD.
Awareness and knowledge of PD showed hierarchical gradients with respect to age, income and education level. Pertinent educational strategies and approaches targeting specific subgroups are necessary to improve public awareness and knowledge about PD.
鉴于帕金森病（PD）的患病率不断上升，对PD缺乏认识和了解可能会成为早期诊断以及为受影响患者提供最佳护理的障碍。本研究旨在调查韩国普通人群对PD的认识和了解情况，并确定与这些参数相关的因素。
我们编制了一份包含22个条目的结构化问卷，其中既有开放式问题，也有封闭式问题。根据韩国的人口密度，从普通公众中随机抽取了1000人，并由训练有素的访谈员进行询问。采用多变量逻辑回归分析来确定与PD认识和了解相关的因素。
年龄、家庭收入和教育水平与PD认识独立相关。40至59岁的受试者以及完成超过12年教育的受试者对PD的认识更高。关于PD的知识，与40至59岁的受访者以及60岁以上的受访者相比，年轻受试者的知识最少。社会经济地位较低往往与对PD的了解不足相关。
PD的认识和了解在年龄、收入和教育水平方面呈现出分层梯度。有必要针对特定亚组制定相关的教育策略和方法，以提高公众对PD的认识和了解。
