United States medical students’ knowledge of Alzheimer disease

Nagle, Brian J.; Usita, Paula M.; Edland, Steven D.

doi:10.3352/jeehp.2013.10.4

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“…In a similar study conducted among final and first year medical students of various medical schools of United States showed similar results like ours in which final year students scored relatively better than first year and those students whose family member or friends had AD were more likely to perform well. 7 However, in our study having a family member or friend with dementia didn't affect the knowledge of the students. The possible reason for this might be because our students mightn't have been directly involved in taking care of the family member suffering from dementia.…”

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Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Medical Students of a Medical College

Sharma

Pardhan

et al. 2018

J Nepal Med Assoc

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Introduction:Dementia is a public health concern as the prevalence is increasing worldwide with significant increase being in low-middle income countries. However these countries appear to be less prepared in handling this rise in terms of diagnosis and management. Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted in Kathmandu medical College, from June 2017 to July 2017. Purposive sampling was done and the medical students who were in their first and final year of study were included in the study after obtaining an informed consent.Results: Total 185 students were included in the study, 80 (43.24%) from first year and 105 (56.75%) from final year of medical study. The mean score of knowledge among the students was 17.44±2.46; 15.32±1.22 among first year and 19.06±1.87 among the final year students. Majority of the students said they have heard about dementia however, only 3 (3.75%) of first year and 43 (41.9%) from final year students have either attended a class or continuing medical education on dementia Conclusions:The knowledge about dementia was found to be average among medical students but better among final year medical students in comparison to first year. The knowledge was found to be better statistically among those who had either attended a class or continuing medical education on dementia or had exposure through different medias. _______________________________________________________________________________________

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Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Medical Students of a Medical College

Sharma

Pardhan

et al. 2018

J Nepal Med Assoc

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“…In our study, eating healthy diet (9.4% of the respondents believed), keeping mentally active (33.4% believed), and taking vitamins/dietary supplements (7.6% of the respondents believed) could be useful in the prevention of AD. In the study in the United States, eating healthy diet (40% of the respondents believed), keeping mentally active (47% believed), and taking vitamins/dietary supplements (47% of the respondents believed) could be useful in the prevention of AD [17]. Table 3: Association between knowledge levels on Alzheimer's and gender and faculty of students.…”

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Knowledge regarding Alzheimer’s Disease among College Students of Kathmandu, Nepal

Baral

Dahal

Pradhan

2020

International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

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Introduction. Alzheimer’s, a neurodegenerative disease, is becoming a growing burden and the leading cause of disability among older people, and there is no cure for it. It is set to be the biggest killer among the growing elderly population. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease among college students in Kathmandu metropolitan city. Methods. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study among 385 randomly selected bachelor students of Kathmandu metropolitan city. The questionnaire included 2 sections. Section I addressed the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants. Section II addressed or covered the Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) test. ADKS contains a set of 30 items, with true and false options. 1 point was given for the correct answer and 0 for the incorrect answer. The final sum was then the total score of the participant. Frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were calculated, and the chi-square test was used to measure the association between two categorical variables. Results. The mean ADKS (Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale) score is 15.45±2.95 with the lowest and highest mean total scores of 8 and 26, respectively. 49.5% of the respondents scored above the mean. The number of male and female respondents who scored above the mean is 68 and 95, respectively, with p value 0.71 and odds ratio 0.922. There is no association between gender and knowledge level. Gender seemed to have no effect on the knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease on the basis of the Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS). However, science students had comparatively better knowledge about disease than management students. The mean score of science and management is 15.9 and 15.04, respectively, with p value 0.004. There is association between knowledge score and faculty. Conclusion. This study concluded that the knowledge level of college students on Alzheimer’s disease is below moderate. The findings concluded that there is association between faculty and knowledge score.

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“…However, since surveys are completed in an environment that is beyond the researcher’s control, the Web-based administration of a knowledge questionnaire presents considerable shortcomings. First, a positive response bias is likely to be introduced, since people with more knowledge on a health topic would be more likely to fill in a Web-based survey, which may yield non-representative high scores [ 27 ]. For instance, parents with lower nutrition knowledge have been shown to have a higher dropout rate in Web-based assessments of nutrition knowledge, dietary habits, and attitudes of their children [ 28 ].…”

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Uncontrolled Web-Based Administration of Surveys on Factual Health-Related Knowledge: A Randomized Study of Untimed Versus Timed Quizzing

Domnich¹,

Panatto²,

Signori³

et al. 2015

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundHealth knowledge and literacy are among the main determinants of health. Assessment of these issues via Web-based surveys is growing continuously. Research has suggested that approximately one-fifth of respondents submit cribbed answers, or cheat, on factual knowledge items, which may lead to measurement error. However, little is known about methods of discouraging cheating in Web-based surveys on health knowledge.ObjectiveThis study aimed at exploring the usefulness of imposing a survey time limit to prevent help-seeking and cheating.MethodsOn the basis of sample size estimation, 94 undergraduate students were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to complete a Web-based survey on nutrition knowledge, with or without a time limit of 15 minutes (30 seconds per item); the topic of nutrition was chosen because of its particular relevance to public health. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first was the validated consumer-oriented nutrition knowledge scale (CoNKS) consisting of 20 true/false items; the second was an ad hoc questionnaire (AHQ) containing 10 questions that would be very difficult for people without health care qualifications to answer correctly. It therefore aimed at measuring cribbing and not nutrition knowledge. AHQ items were somewhat encyclopedic and amenable to Web searching, while CoNKS items had more complex wording, so that simple copying/pasting of a question in a search string would not produce an immediate correct answer.ResultsA total of 72 of the 94 subjects started the survey. Dropout rates were similar in both groups (11%, 4/35 and 14%, 5/37 in the untimed and timed groups, respectively). Most participants completed the survey from portable devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. To complete the survey, participants in the untimed group took a median 2.3 minutes longer than those in the timed group; the effect size was small (Cohen’s r=.29). Subjects in the untimed group scored significantly higher on CoNKS (mean difference of 1.2 points, P=.008) and the effect size was medium (Cohen’s d=0.67). By contrast, no significant between-group difference in AHQ scores was documented. Unexpectedly high AHQ scores were recorded in 23% (7/31) and 19% (6/32) untimed and timed respondents, respectively, very probably owing to “e-cheating”.ConclusionsCribbing answers to health knowledge items in researcher-uncontrolled conditions is likely to lead to overestimation of people’s knowledge; this should be considered during the design and implementation of Web-based surveys. Setting a time limit alone may not completely prevent cheating, as some cheats may be very fast in Web searching. More complex and contextualized wording of items and checking for the “findability” properties of items before implementing a Web-based health knowledge survey may discourage help-seeking, thus reducing measurement error. Studies with larger sample sizes and diverse populations are needed to confirm our results.

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United States medical students’ knowledge of Alzheimer disease

Cited by 35 publications

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Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Medical Students of a Medical College

Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Medical Students of a Medical College

Knowledge regarding Alzheimer’s Disease among College Students of Kathmandu, Nepal

Uncontrolled Web-Based Administration of Surveys on Factual Health-Related Knowledge: A Randomized Study of Untimed Versus Timed Quizzing

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