A survey study of Alzheimer's stigma among Black adults: intersectionality of Black identity and biomarker diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We urgently need to understand Alzheimer's disease (AD) stigma among Black adults. Black communities bear a disproportionate burden of AD, and recent advances in early diagnosis using AD biomarkers may affect stigma associated with AD. The goal of our study is to characterize AD stigma within our cohort of self-identified Black participants and test how AD biomarker test results may affect this stigma.

Design

We surveyed a sample of 1,150 self-identified Black adults who were randomized to read a vignette describing a fictional person, who was described as either having a positive or negative biomarker test result. After reading the vignette, participants completed the modified Family Stigma in Alzheimer's Disease Scale (FS-ADS). We compared FS-ADS scores be

SUBMITTER: Stites SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560502 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature