J. Howell, M. Parker, Thomas L. Jarrett, David L. Roberts, C. Dorbin, William T. Hu, BS Oretunlewa Soyinka
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Abstract
African American participation in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research studies has been historically low. To determine whether older African Americans and Caucasians had different knowledge or attitudes related to AD, we administered the Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) to 67 older African Americans and 140 older caucasians in the greater Atlanta area as well as questions targeting locus of control over general health and AD risks. Older African Americans scored slightly lower on ADKS than older caucasians, with race only accounting for 1.57 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57-2.61, P < .001) points of difference in a multivariate model. Attitudes toward AD were also similar between the 2 groups but 1 (35.7%) in 3 adults reported control over general health but not AD risks. In addition to enhancing education content in outreach efforts, there is an urgent need to address the perception that future AD risks are beyond one’s own internal control.
非裔美国人参与阿尔茨海默病(AD)研究的比例一直很低。为了确定老年非洲裔美国人和白种人是否对阿尔茨海默病有不同的知识或态度，我们对大亚特兰大地区的67名老年非洲裔美国人和140名老年白种人进行了阿尔茨海默病知识量表(ADKS)，并针对一般健康和阿尔茨海默病风险的控制位点进行了问卷调查。年龄较大的非裔美国人在ADKS上的得分略低于年龄较大的白种人，在多变量模型中，种族仅占1.57点(95%置信区间[CI] 0.57-2.61, P < .001)的差异。两组对阿尔茨海默病的态度也相似，但3名成年人中有1人(35.7%)报告控制了一般健康状况，但没有患阿尔茨海默病的风险。除了加强宣传工作中的教育内容外，迫切需要解决未来AD风险超出自身内部控制的看法。
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