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Education as a Moderator of Help Seeking Behavior in Subjective Cognitive Decline
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
31 Jul 2023
PMID: 37561937
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Abstract
Objective: Disparities in Alzheimer disease (AD) and differences in help seeking (HS) across sociodemographic groups warrant public health concern. Research addressing such disparities must shift toward the earliest clinical manifestations of AD to optimize diagnosis, intervention and care planning. Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), a risk state for AD, provides an important context in which to examine sociodemographic-related disparities in HS. Participants and Methods: One hundred sixty-seven cognitively healthy older adults (M age =73, M education =16) (26.4% Black, Asian, or “Other”) completed SCD questionnaire, HS questions, and mood measures (depression and anxiety). Binary logistic adjusted regressions examined: (a) the association between SCD and HS; and (b) the extent to which education moderated the relationship between SCD and HS. SCD [b = 0.06, SE=0.13, P <0.001, odds ratio=1.06, 95% CI (1.03, 1.08)] and education [b=0.32, SE=0.09, P <0.001, odds ratio=1.37, 95% CI (1.15, 1.64)] were independently associated with HS, with significant interaction between education and SCD on HS [b=0.2, SE=0.01, P =0.01, odds ratio=1.02, 95% CI (1.00, 1.03)]. Conclusions: Findings elucidate the importance of tailoring SCD-related psychoeducational resources depending on educational background as a preliminary stepping-stone in encouraging HS among older adults who may be at particular risk for developing dementia.
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- Title
- Education as a Moderator of Help Seeking Behavior in Subjective Cognitive Decline
- Creators
- Martina Azar - VA Boston Healthcare SystemSilvia Chapman - Columbia UniversityJillian Joyce - Columbia UniversityMaria Schultheis - Drexel UniversityZoe Zhang - Drexel UniversityLeah Waltrip - Columbia UniversityShaina Shagalow - Columbia UniversityPeter Zeiger - Columbia UniversityPreeti Sunderaraman - Boston UniversityStephanie Cosentino - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001055560600002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85168791259
- Other Identifier
- 991020927774704721
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- Clinical Neurology
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