title: Duration of residence and dementia literacy among Chinese Americans.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To investigate whether duration of residence (DOR) impacts dementia literacy in Chinese Americans aged 40-64.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 151 Chinese Americans answered a self-administered, true/false survey assessing knowledge of dementia symptoms, treatment, cause and prognosis. Two groups were dichotomized and compared based on DOR in the USA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DOR did not greatly impact the understanding of dementia between respondents with a < 20-year versus a ≥ 20-year DOR. Both groups exhibited deficiencies in recognizing the symptoms of dementia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gaps in dementia knowledge reflect a stigma surrounding mental illness among Chinese Americans, and impact the seeking of professional care.
authors.affiliation: Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pomona, CA, USA agdiamond@westernu.edu.
authors.forename: Alexandra G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.affiliation: Olive View - UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin K P
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003704:Dementia / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Chinese American; Dementia; duration of residence; knowledge; mental illness; stigma