Maxfield Molly, Greenberg Jeff
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
GeroPsych (Bern). 2021 Mar;34(1):13-22. doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000234. Epub 2020 Jun 11.
Heightened awareness and perceived negativity of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) may increase health-related concerns about developing ADRD, also called dementia-related anxiety. Anticipating greater levels of ADRD stigma was expected to be associated with greater dementia-related anxiety. Middle-aged and older adults ( = 183, aged 40-80, = 59.57) responded to online questionnaires about anticipated ADRD stigma, ADRD exposure, dementia-related anxiety, and potential psychosocial correlates of dementia-related anxiety. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that self-perceived ADRD risk, ADRD exposure, and anticipated stigma remained significantly associated with dementia-related anxiety, after controlling for demographic variables. Reducing ADRD stigma may ease dementia-related anxiety, an area for future research.
对阿尔茨海默病及相关痴呆症（ADRD）的认知增强以及感知到的负面性可能会增加对患上ADRD的健康相关担忧，这种担忧也被称为痴呆症相关焦虑。预计对ADRD污名化程度越高，与痴呆症相关的焦虑就越严重。中年及老年人（n = 183，年龄40 - 80岁，M = 59.57）回答了关于预期的ADRD污名、ADRD暴露、痴呆症相关焦虑以及痴呆症相关焦虑潜在心理社会相关因素的在线问卷。多变量回归分析显示，在控制人口统计学变量后，自我感知的ADRD风险、ADRD暴露和预期污名仍然与痴呆症相关焦虑显著相关。减少ADRD污名可能会缓解痴呆症相关焦虑，这是未来研究的一个领域。
