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| Knowledge of dementia among South Asian (Indian) older people in Manchester, UK | | Author(s) | Nitin Purandare, Vikram Luthra, Caroline Swarbrick |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 22, no 8, August 2007 |
| Pages | pp 777-781 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Asian people ; White people ; Dementia ; Information needs ; Attitude ; Comparison ; Manchester. |
| Annotation | Attendees, not known to suffer from dementia, of one South Asian and two predominantly Caucasian day centres for older people in Manchester were asked to complete the Dementia Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ). The DKQ was translated into Gujarati and Urdu by professional translators. 191 DKQs from Indian and 55 DKQs from Caucasian (White UK/Irish/European) people were included in the analyses, Knowledge of dementia was poor in both groups, especially so in Indian older people. The median (25th-75th percentile) total DKQ scores were 3 (2-5) in Indians and 6 (3.5-9) in Caucasians. Indian older people showed significantly less knowledge about basic aspects and epidemiology of dementia when compared to Caucasian older people. Both groups fared equally badly on questions about aetiology and symptomatology. Indian older people were less aware of personality, reasoning and speech being affected in dementia. These factors may account for Indian people's relative absence from local dementia treatment clinics. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070910204 A |
| Classmark | TKK: TKA: EA: UV:IK: DP: 48: 83E |
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