Barriers to seeking care for memory problems: A vignette study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study compares how older adults judge the need for follow-up care for memory-related problems when they are responding about themselves versus someone of the same age.

Methods

Adults ages 65 and over in the Understanding America Study, a nationally representative internet panel, were invited to participate in a short survey with three vignettes describing memory-related problems associated with normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and mild dementia. Respondents were randomly assigned to vignettes about themselves or about an individual of the same age and asked whether the problems warranted follow-up discussion with a health-care provider. Unadjusted and covariate-adjusted differences in the percent of affirmative responses to follow-up discussion and

SUBMITTER: Jacobson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8919244 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature