Department of Nursing, Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Seoul 03617, Korea.
Science & Ewha Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120750, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 13;18(6):2936. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062936.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of dementia literacy, internal health locus of control, and fear of dementia on dementia-preventive behaviors among middle-aged people with chronic diseases. The participants were middle-aged individuals with chronic diseases who had been taking medications for at least three months, recruited using convenience sampling. A total of 123 participants were recruited between 13 and 31 March 2020, using self-reported questionnaires. Data were then analyzed through independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression using the SPSS/WIN 25.0. The results showed that health condition perceived as healthy and dementia literacy were the leading factors influencing dementia-preventive behaviors. These variables showed a 16% explanatory power for dementia-preventive behaviors. Therefore, when the participants' perceived health condition was healthy and the dementia literacy score was higher, the level of dementia-preventive behaviors was also higher. It is necessary to develop educational programs to increase dementia literacy as a major variable in dementia-preventive behaviors, and further research on its efficacy should be conducted. When providing dementia-preventive education programs to middle-aged people who have been exposed to chronic diseases, it is necessary to consider their level of perceived health condition and dementia literacy.
本研究旨在探讨痴呆症知识、内部健康控制感和对痴呆症的恐惧对慢性病中年人群预防痴呆症行为的影响。参与者为服用慢性病药物至少三个月的中年慢性病患者，采用便利抽样法招募。2020 年 3 月 13 日至 31 日期间，共招募了 123 名参与者，采用自填式问卷进行调查。使用 SPSS/WIN 25.0 软件进行独立 t 检验、单因素方差分析、皮尔逊相关系数和多元线性回归分析。结果表明，健康状况和痴呆症知识是影响预防痴呆症行为的主要因素。这些变量对预防痴呆症行为的解释率为 16%。因此，当参与者的健康状况被感知为健康且痴呆症知识得分较高时，预防痴呆症行为的水平也较高。有必要制定教育计划，将痴呆症知识作为预防痴呆症行为的主要变量，进一步研究其效果。在向患有慢性病的中年人群提供预防痴呆症教育计划时，需要考虑他们对健康状况的感知程度和痴呆症知识水平。
