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| Intentions of first degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease to seek a cognitive status examination | | Author(s) | Perla Werner, Jeremia Heinik |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 5, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp 479-486 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Ill health ; In-patients ; Attitude ; Sons ; Daughters ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Telephone interviews were conducted with 93 first-degree relatives (i.e. sons and daughters) of Israelis with Alzheimer's diseases (AD) recruited from a large memory clinic. Intentions to seek a cognitive status examination were examined by asking participants to rate their willingness to seek a cognitive status examination during the next year or the next 5 years. Overall, these relatives reported only moderate intentions to seek a cognitive status examination. Their willingness to do so was related to their own characteristics (such as income and subjective memory), whether they were a primary caregiver, the patient's characteristics (behavioural problems), and the perceptions of the barriers associated with the examination. These findings stress the complexity of the decision-making process confronting sons and daughters regarding their intention to seek a cognitive status examination, and suggest the need to provide information to reach an informed decision. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040622208 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: 4C: CH: LF7: DP: SSA: SSH: 3F: 7H6 |
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