Does awareness of condition help people with mild-to-moderate dementia to live well? Findings from the IDEAL programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People living with dementia vary in awareness of their abilities. We explored awareness of the condition and diagnosis in people with mild-to-moderate dementia, and how this relates to quality of life, well-being, life satisfaction, and caregiver stress.

Methods

This study was a cross-sectional exploratory analysis of data from the IDEAL cohort, which recruited people with dementia living at home and available caregivers from 29 research sites in Great Britain. Our study included 917 people with mild-to-moderate dementia and 755 carers. Low and high awareness groups were derived from self-reported responses to a dementia representation measure. Logistic regression was used to explore predictors of awareness of condition and diagnosis using demographic, cognitive,

SUBMITTER: Alexander CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8467163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature