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| Looking for signs of Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Lynne Gershenson Hodgson, Stephen J Cutler |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 56, no 4, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 323-344 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Symptoms ; Middle aged ; Variance analysis ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The correlates are examined of symptom-seeking behaviour for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in middle-aged people. Symptom seeking, the tendency to search for signs of disease, is one manifestation of an individual's concern about developing AD. Data were obtained from two US sub-samples of 40-60 year olds: 108 adult children with a living parent with a diagnosis of probable AD; and 150 adults in a matched group with no parental history of AD. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify significant predictors of symptom seeking, which was measured by a completed index comprising responses from three questions about checking for signs of AD, interpreting signs as symptoms of AD, and soliciting external validation for concerns. Four clusters of predictors were examined: memory assessment, AD experience, sociodemographics, and well-being. Within these clusters, the constellations of significant predictors varied by sub-sample, but the most robust predictors were aspects of subjective assessments of memory functioning and AD experience. An understanding of the correlates of symptom seeking for AD has implications for early detection of the disease, as well as for identifying populations under stress from excessive worry about their own future health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040319206 A |
| Classmark | EA: CT: SE: 3YA: 7T |
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