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Cognitive abilities of Alzheimer's patients
— perceptions of black and white caregivers | | Author(s) | Robert Burns, Linda O Nichols, Marshall J Graney |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 62, no 3, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 209-220 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; White people ; Black people ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 97 Black and 143 White family caregivers were compared regarding the relationship between subjective and objective cognitive assessment of Alzheimer's patients from the Memphis site of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health (REACH) randomised clinical trial. Black and White caregivers' subjective ratings (Pearlin Cognitive Status Scale) of their care recipients' cognitive abilities were equivalent, but White Alzheimer's patients had higher objective cognitive performances (Mini Mental State Examination - MMSE). In simple regression analysis, race was significantly related to differences between subjective and objective cognitive assessments and remained so when caregiver age, sex, income, education, relationship to care recipient, caregiver bother (burden) and care recipient sex were statistically controlled in multiple regression analysis. Compared to the other group, Black caregivers generally overrated, and Whites underrated, their care recipient's cognitive ability. This difference in caregiver's appraisal may affect clinical and behavioural interventions for dementia patients and their caregivers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060608202 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: TKA: TKE: P6: DP: 48: 7T |
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