What Features of Stigma Do the Public Most Commonly Attribute to Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia? Results of a survey of the U.S. general public

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• Alternative Title:
  Alzheimers Dement
• Personal Author:
  Stites, Shana D. ; Rubright, Jonathan D. ; Karlawish, Jason
• Description:
  Understanding the prevalence of beliefs, attitudes, and expectations about Alzheimer's disease dementia in the public could inform strategies to mitigate stigma.|Random sample of 317 adults from the U.S. public was analyzed to understand reactions toward a man with mild-stage Alzheimer's disease dementia.|In adjusted analyses, over half of respondents expected the person to be discriminated against by employers (55.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 47.0-65.2) and be excluded from medical decision-making (55.3%; 95% CI = 46.9-65.4). Almost half expected his health insurance would be limited based on data in the medical record (46.6%; 95% CI = 38.0-57.2), a brain imaging result (45.6%, 95% CI = 37.0-56.3), or genetic test result (44.7%; 95% CI = 36.0-55.4).|Public education and policies are needed to address concerns about employment and insurance discrimination. Studies are needed to discover how advances in diagnosis and treatment may change Alzheimer's disease stigma.
• Subjects:
  Article
• Source:
  Alzheimers Dement. 14(7):925-932
• Pubmed ID:
  29602733
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6050091
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 AG010124/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP005006/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:4510f6e3bc4866008b9bad23ce7a804f117bed080fdd9fce1db49867f4b6831a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/57418/cdc_57418_DS1.pdf
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