Dementia-Preventing Behavior Awareness and Uptake Rates among Japanese Women in Midlife: A Survey-Based Pilot Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Operationally Defined Terms
2.2. Study Design and Participants
2.3. Evaluation
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Ethics Statement
3. Results
3.1. Questionnaire Recovery
3.2. Participant Characteristics
3.3. Recognition of Dementia-Preventive Behaviors and Their Practice
3.4. Differences between Groups with and without Dementia Anxiety
3.5. Dementia Knowledge and Prevention
4. Discussion
4.1. Questionnaire Recovery
4.2. Dementia Anxiety and Prevention in Women in Midlife
4.3. Dementia Prevention Awareness and Practice
4.4. Differences between Groups with and without Dementia Anxiety
4.5. Dementia Knowledge and Prevention
5. Strengths and Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total (n = 47) | Dementia Anxiety Group (n = 29) | No Dementia Anxiety Group (n = 18) | p-Value | ||
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Age, years | 51.4 ± 4.3 | 51.5 ± 4.4 | 51.2 ± 4.3 | 0.823 | |
Household composition | Households living with children | 30 (63.8%) | 22 (75.9%) | 8 (44.4%) | |
Spouse-only households | 11 (23.4%) | 5 (17.2%) | 6 (33.3%) | ||
Households living with parents | 2 (4.3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11.1%) | ||
Other | 4 (8.5%) | 2 (6.9%) | 2 (11.1%) | ||
Education, years | 9 (6, 11) | 10 (6, 11) | 8 (6, 10) | 0.069 | |
Comorbidities, n | 0 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 2) | 0.818 | |
Types of oral medicines, n | 0 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 3) | 0.951 | |
Caregiving experiences of person with dementia † | Present | 11 (23.4%) | 8 (17.0%) | 3 (6.4%) | 0.492 |
Relatives with dementia † | Present | 20 (42.6%) | 13 (27.7%) | 7 (14.9%) | 0.767 |
Concern about dementia prevention | 4 (2,5) | 4 (2,5) | 4 (2, 5) | 0.043 * | |
Dementia knowledge score a | 9 (2, 12) | 9 (5, 11) | 9 (2, 11) | 0.991 | |
Recognition of dementia prevention, n | 33.4 ± 12.8 | 36.9 ± 11.2 | 27.8 ± 13.5 | 0.015 * | |
Number of information sources | 3 (0, 8) | 3 (0, 6) | 2 (0, 8) | 0.198 | |
Behaviors against dementia prevention, n | 0 (0, 7) | 1 (0, 7) | 0 (0, 3) | 0.174 |
Total (n = 47) | Dementia Anxiety Group (n = 29) | No Dementia Anxiety Group (n = 18) | p-Value | ||
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Recognized preventive behaviors (multiple answers) | Trying to interact with people/social participation | 47 (100%) | 29 (100%) | 18 (100%) | - |
Self-directed awareness and living a developed lifestyle | 47 (100%) | 29 (100%) | 18 (100%) | - | |
Moving the body | 46 (97.9%) | 28 (96.6%) | 18 (100%) | 1.000 | |
Diet and health management | 46 (97.9%) | 28 (96.6%) | 18 (100%) | 1.000 | |
Brain-based games | 46 (97.9%) | 29 (100%) | 17 (94.4%) | 0.383 | |
Writing | 45 (95.7%) | 27 (93.1%) | 18 (100%) | 0.517 | |
Hobbies | 45 (95.7%) | 29 (100%) | 16 (88.9%) | 0.142 | |
Reading | 45 (95.7%) | 28 (96.6%) | 17 (94.4%) | 1.000 | |
Manual activities | 44 (93.6%) | 28 (96.6%) | 16 (88.9%) | 0.549 | |
Doing housework | 42 (89.4%) | 27 (93.1%) | 15 (83.3%) | 0.357 | |
Recall | 36 (76.6%) | 21 (72.4%) | 15 (83.3%) | 0.492 | |
Other | 2 (4.3%) | 1 (3.4%) | 1 (5.6%) | 1.000 | |
Preventive actions in practice (multiple answers) | Moving the body | 12 (25.5%) | 8 (27.6%) | 4 (22.2%) | 0.744 |
Trying to interact with people/social participation | 8 (17.0%) | 7 (24.1%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0.103 | |
Diet and health management | 6 (12.8%) | 5 (17.2%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0.384 | |
Brain-based games | 5 (10.6%) | 5 (17.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.141 | |
Doing housework | 4 (8.5%) | 4 (13.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0.283 | |
Reading | 3 (6.4%) | 1 (3.4%) | 2 (11.1%) | 0.549 | |
Manual activities | 3 (6.4%) | 3 (10.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.276 | |
Other | 5 (10.6%) | 5 (17.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.141 |
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Suzuki, Y.; Yamane, N.; Tsukagoshi, K.; Yamaguchi, M.; Mochizuki, H. Dementia-Preventing Behavior Awareness and Uptake Rates among Japanese Women in Midlife: A Survey-Based Pilot Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610029
Suzuki Y, Yamane N, Tsukagoshi K, Yamaguchi M, Mochizuki H. Dementia-Preventing Behavior Awareness and Uptake Rates among Japanese Women in Midlife: A Survey-Based Pilot Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):10029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610029
Chicago/Turabian StyleSuzuki, Yukiko, Nanako Yamane, Kanto Tsukagoshi, Mina Yamaguchi, and Hideki Mochizuki. 2022. "Dementia-Preventing Behavior Awareness and Uptake Rates among Japanese Women in Midlife: A Survey-Based Pilot Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 10029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610029