Looking for Signs of Alzheimer's Disease

Autor/inn/en	Hodgson, Lynne Gershenson; Cutler, Stephen J.
Titel	Looking for Signs of Alzheimer's Disease
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 56 (2003) 4, S.323-343 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Memory; Alzheimers Disease; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Correlation; Adults; Predictor Variables; Social Influences; Demography; Well Being; Experience; Stress Variables; Hypothesis Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Demografie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Erfahrung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest
Abstract	This study examined the correlates of symptom-seeking behavior for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among middle-aged persons. Symptom seeking, the tendency to search for signs of disease, is one manifestation of an individual's concern about developing AD. The data were obtained from a survey of two subsamples of 40-60 year old adults: 1) 108 adult children with a living parent with a diagnosis of probable AD; and 2) 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 composite index comprised of 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 subsample, 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 identifying populations under stress from excessive worry about their own future health. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10