title: Caregiver and noncaregiver attitudes toward dementia screening.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare attitudes toward dementia screening of older adults with and without an experience of dementia caregiving.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary care clinics in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-one participants with dementia caregiving experience (CG) and a random sample of 125 participants without dementia caregiving experience (NCG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Attitudes of dementia screening, including acceptance of dementia screening and its perceived harms and benefits, as determined according to the Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After adjusting for age, race, sex, and education, CGs had a lower dementia screening acceptance mean score (53.9 vs 60.6; P=.03) and a higher perceived suffering score (61.6 vs 55.9, P=.04) than NCGs, but there were no differences in perceived benefits of dementia screening (72.8 vs 69.0; P=.50), perceived stigma (32.9 vs 37.5; P=.12), and perceived negative effect on independence (47.6 vs 54.0; P=.20). The top three barriers to screening identified by both groups were emotional suffering by the family (86% of CGs and 75% of NCGs), loss of driving privileges (75% of CGs and 78% of NCGs), and becoming depressed (64% of CGs and 43% of NCGs).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The experience of being a dementia caregiver may influence one's own attitude about accepting dementia screening for oneself.
authors: Center for Aging Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. mboustani@regenstrief.org
authors: Malaz A
authors: MA
authors: Boustani
authors: Michael D
authors: MD
authors: Justiss
authors: Amie
authors: A
authors: Frame
authors: Mary G
authors: MG
authors: Austrom
authors: Anthony J
authors: AJ
authors: Perkins
authors: Xueya
authors: X
authors: Cai
authors: Greg A
authors: GA
authors: Sachs
authors: Alexia M
authors: AM
authors: Torke
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Monahan
authors: Hugh C
authors: HC
authors: Hendrie
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires