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| Attitudes toward disclosing the diagnosis of dementia in Japan | | Author(s) | Hiroyuki Umegaki, Joji Onishi, Yusuke Suzuki |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 19, no 2, April 2007 |
| Pages | pp 253-266 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Attitude ; The Family ; Social surveys ; Japan. |
| Annotation | The rapid increase in Japan's older population has triggered a debate on whether or not patients with dementia should be informed of their diagnosis, and the present studies investigate the attitudes of people in a large city in Japan toward diagnosis disclosure. In Study 1, 2000 residents aged 40-60 and 5000 residents aged 65+ were sampled randomly by structured questionnaire sent by post. 79.8% of younger respondents (n=710) stated that they would prefer disclosure of a hypothetical diagnosis of dementia, as did 75.5% of older respondents (n=2101). Furthermore, 749 of the younger respondents (85.1%) and 2181 older respondents (82.5%) stated that they would prefer that the patient was told his or her hypothetical diagnosis of dementia. In Study 2, the authors administered a structured interview-based questionnaire to 3949 randomly enrolled residents of Nagoya City aged 45+ whose family member had been certified as receiving long-term care. 68.3% (n=630) of these family members preferred disclosure of a hypothetical diagnosis of dementia. Among the families of care recipients who had dementia, 58.3& (n=301) of family members preferred disclosure. The present survey of caregivers and non-caregivers demonstrated that the desire of disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia is relatively high. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090825203 A |
| Classmark | EA: LK7: DP: SJ: 3F: 7DT |
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