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Effects of a 6-Week Integrated Dementia Awareness and Prevention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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  • Ji-yeon Kim
  • Sunghee H. Tak
  • Hana Ko
  • SuJung Jung
  • Jaegyeong Lee
  • Hyein Choi

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Older adults show a lack of knowledge about dementia, treatments, and management although they are fearful of developing dementia. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 6-week intervention on knowledge, attitude, fear, and prevention behaviors concerning dementia among older adults who resided in community. The study used a pretest-posttest design with nonequivalent control group. A total of 40 participants completed the study. The intervention group showed a significant decrease in the fear of dementia scores compared to the control group after the intervention( p  

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  • Ji-yeon Kim & Sunghee H. Tak & Hana Ko & SuJung Jung & Jaegyeong Lee & Hyein Choi, 2022. "Effects of a 6-Week Integrated Dementia Awareness and Prevention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(3), pages 21582440221, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:12:y:2022:i:3:p:21582440221123503
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440221123503
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