Are Knowledge and Interpersonal Contact Cures for Alzheimer's Stigma? Data From Caregivers Offer Clues.

ABSTRACT: Research on caregivers suggests interpersonal contact with persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and higher disease-oriented knowledge may heighten AD stigma, though these same mechanisms are often employed in anti-stigma campaigns. If we better understand associations among caregiver experience, interpersonal contact, AD knowledge and AD stigma, we can develop improved ways of reducing stigma and avoid unintended consequences. In a factorial design experiment, 2,371 participants read a vignette describing a fictional person; the vignette varied on clinical symptom stage, AD biomarker result, and treatment availability. Multivariable analyses assessed effects of caregiver experience, interpersonal contact, and different domains of disease-oriented knowledge on modified Family Stigma in

SUBMITTER: Stites SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12233215 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature