Jernigan Meghan, Boyd Amanda D, Noonan Carolyn, Buchwald Dedra
Partnerships for Native Health Seattle Washington USA.
The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication Washington State University Pullman Washington USA.
Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2020 Dec 16;6(1):e12101. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12101. eCollection 2020.
The population of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) aged 65 and older is growing rapidly, raising concerns about Alzheimer's disease (AD) in their communities.
We distributed a survey incorporating the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale to 341 AI/AN community members attending cultural events. We computed average adjusted predictions and 95% confidence intervals from a linear regression model, used joint F tests to examine differences in scores according to demographic variables, calculated the percentage of correct items for each participant, and computed domain-specific averages across the sample.
The average score was 19.0 (maximum 30); the average percentage of correct responses was 63%. Higher scores were associated with education but not with age, sex, or rural versus urban residence. Low scores were observed for items on caregiving and disease risk.
Participants were moderately well informed about AD, but specific knowledge domains call for community outreach and education.
65岁及以上的美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/ANs）人口正在迅速增长，这引发了人们对其社区中阿尔茨海默病（AD）的担忧。
我们向341名参加文化活动的AI/AN社区成员发放了一份包含阿尔茨海默病知识量表的调查问卷。我们从线性回归模型中计算平均调整预测值和95%置信区间，使用联合F检验来检查根据人口统计学变量得出的分数差异，计算每个参与者正确项目的百分比，并计算样本中特定领域的平均值。
平均得分是19.0（满分30分）；正确回答的平均百分比为63%。较高的分数与教育程度相关，但与年龄、性别或农村与城市居住情况无关。在护理和疾病风险项目上得分较低。
参与者对AD的了解程度中等，但特定知识领域需要社区宣传和教育。
