Knowledge and attitude of older adults towards dementia in Udupi district: a cross sectional study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 123
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- To understand the knowledge and attitude of older adults towards dementia in Udupi District
研究概览
简要总结
**Aim:**To study the knowledge and attitudes of older adults towards dementia in Udupi district
Justification for study: In India, the ageing population and prevalence of dementia is increasing. As recommended by the WHO action plan towards dementia for public health 2017-2025, increasing awareness is important for early detection of dementia. There are rising cases of dementia and older adults are the major population being affected by this condition. Any health related symptoms are either identified by themselves or their spouses who are also aged. Also, persons with dementia are most likely cared for by their spouses. Knowledge and attitude towards dementia would influence the early identification and management of dementia, the quality of care provided by older caregivers and may also influence the stigma and anxiety associated with diagnosis of dementia in older adults themselves, family members or others in the community. There is limited research on this aspect in India and there is a need to study the knowledge and attitudes among Indian older adults as they are the population at risk.
Procedure: Permission will be sought from the local older adult association, temple/church and other associations from Udupi and Manipal. Older adults at these places will be explained about the study. Interested participants will be screened for the inclusion criteria and written consent from older adults will be obtained. Study participants will be asked to use their visual or hearing aids, if any. Demographic details will be collected such as name, age, gender, socio-economic status, education and exposure/experience with the people diagnosed with dementia. Dementia Attitude Scale will be administered to the participant based on their fluency in the languages (English/kannada).
Once the data is collected, it will be analyzed by finding an association between the attitudes of older adults and the factors mentioned (such as age, gender, socio-economic status, education and exposure or experience with the people diagnosed with dementia).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60.00 Year(s) 至 99.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •People who are able to read, understand and write Kannada/English 2)Able to answer simple questions at a normal conversation from a distance of 5 feet with/without hearing aids 3)Able to read the headline and a sentence of the newspaper with/without regular glasses.
排除标准
- •Older adults with cognitive deficits as self-reported or reported by caregivers, acute patients, critically ill adults who are not able to participate.
结局指标
主要结局
To understand the knowledge and attitude of older adults towards dementia in Udupi District
时间窗: scales will be administered at the baseline
次要结局
- To determine the relationship between knowledge and attitude towards dementia among older adults in Udupi District(scales will be administered at the baseline)
- Demographic details(Scales will be administered at the baseline)
研究者
Deepa
Manipal College of Health Professions