Knowledge and attitudes about Alzheimer's disease in the lay public: Influence of caregiving experience and other socio-demographic factors in an Italian sample

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-516

  Riva, Maddalena ^a   Caratozzolo, Salvatore ^a   Zanetti, Marina ^a   Vicini Chilovi, Barbara ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Rozzini, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; General population; Knowledge; Questionnaire; Risk factors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WAITING ROOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874616059     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/8366     Document Type: Article

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