Attitudes toward people with dementia and related factors among local residents

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  • 地域住民の認知症の人に対する態度とその関連要因
  • チイキ ジュウミン ノ ニンチショウ ノ ヒト ニ タイスル タイド ト ソノ カンレン ヨウイン

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<p>  In order to create a community in which it is easy to live even after having dementia, understanding of dementia and neighborhood relationships are required. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between attitudes toward people with dementia (PWD) and the neighborhood environment. A self-administered mail survey questionnaire was conducted with 9,099 participants aged 40 and older, and 2,530 valid responses were obtained. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted for an attitude toward PWD scale. As a result, three factors were extracted: “acceptance of dementia,” “shield from neighborhood,” and “refusal of caring for PWD.” Comparison between the mean values of the subscales of the attitude toward PWD scale and neighborhood relations by one-way analysis of variance revealed that people who indicated a high score for neighborhood relations also indicated a high score for acceptance of dementia, and low scores for shield from neighborhood and refusal of caring for PWD. The results of this study suggested that building friendly neighborhood relations is necessary so that PWD and their families are not socially isolated.</p>

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