Alzheimer's Disease Women--Cross-Cultural Issues of Study Participation, Intervention

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Sano
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Study Participation

The symptomatology of Alzheimer's disease: a cross-cultural study

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salman Karim ◽  
Hassan M. Minhas ◽  
Sharmi Bhattacharya ◽  
Kyaw Sein ◽  
Babu Nayar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Study

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of the "Australian National University Alzheimer's Disease Risk Index" for the Brazilian population

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Kiiti Borges ◽  
Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto ◽  
Vanessa de Albuquerque Citero
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
National University

ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health problem and it is therefore crucial that modifiable risk factors be known prior to onset of dementia in late-life. The "Australian National University - Alzheimer's Disease Risk Index" (ANU-ADRI) is one of the potential tools for primary prevention of the disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to devise an adapted version of the ANU-ADRI for use in Brazil. Methods: The instrument was translated from its original language of English into Portuguese and then back-translated into English by bilingual translators. It was subsequently reviewed and evaluated as to the degree of translation issues and equivalence. In this study, the ANU-ADRI was applied using individual (face-to-face) interviews in a public hospital, unlike the original version which is applied online by self-report. The final version (pretest) was evaluated in a sample of 10 participants with a mean age of 60 years (±11.46) and mean education of 11 years (±6.32). Results: The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) (inter-rater) was 0.954 (P<0.001 for a confidence interval (CI) of 95%=[0.932; 0.969]). Cultural equivalence was performed without the need for a second instrument application step. Conclusion: After cross-cultural adaptation, the language of the resultant questionnaire was deemed easily understandable by the Brazilian population.

Cross-cultural comparison of MMSE and RUDAS in German and Turkish patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simge Celik ◽  
Oezguer Onur ◽  
Görsev Yener ◽  
Josef Kessler ◽  
Yagmur Özbek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Turkish Patients

scholarly journals The CAMCOG for patients with Alzheimer's disease with low levels of education

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1359-1360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Alves Lourenço ◽  
Emylucy Martins De Paiva Paradela
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Simple Procedure ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Methodological Aspects

We would like to congratulate Aprahamian et al. (2011) for their initiative to investigate the psychometric properties of the Cambridge Cognition Examination (CAMCOG) in assessing the cognitive status of the Brazilian elderly. This instrument is very frequently used in Brazil, but its measure characteristics have not yet been fully determined. Of course, cross-cultural adaptation and validation are rarely a simple procedure, often demanding a research program to completely adapt the tool to the specific language, culture, and selected population. In our opinion, the paper “Can the CAMCOG be a good cognitive test for patients with Alzheimer's disease with low levels of education?” (Aprahamian et al., 2011) is welcome as another trial by Brazilian scientists in this ongoing process. Notwithstanding, we believe that some comments about the methodological aspects of the paper are in order.

A comparative study of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in patients with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia referred to psychogeriatric services in Korea and the U.K.

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Shah ◽  
Nalini Ellanchenny ◽  
Guk-Hee Suh
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Vascular Dementia ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Diagnostic Categories ◽  
Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms

Background: There is a paucity of cross-cultural studies of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).Method: BPSD were examined in consecutive series of referrals to a psychogeriatric service in Korea and the U.K. using the Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease (BEHAVE-AD) rating scale and the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD). Results were analyzed separately for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.Results: Koreans in both diagnostic groups had lower Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) scores and higher BEHAVE-AD total and subscale scores for most subscales. In both countries, for both diagnostic groups, the total BEHAVE-AD score and several subscale scores were negatively correlated with the MMSE scores. Logistic regression analysis for Alzheimer's disease revealed that BEHAVE-AD total and most subscale scores independently predicted the country of origin in addition to the MMSE scores predicting the same.Conclusions: These differences in BPSD are most likely explained by the lower MMSE scores in the Korean sample. However, genuine differences in BPSD between the two countries can only be critically examined in a cross-cultural population-based epidemiological study for both diagnostic categories using validated instruments to measure BPSD and controlling for the influence of MMSE score.

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