title: Attitudes and Perceptions of Research in Aging and Dementia in an Urban Minority Population.
abstract: In dementia trials, minority participation is low. We assessed attitudes toward research in a community based urban poor minority sample of elderly adults attending senior center talks using the 7-item Research Attitudes Questionnaire (RAQ). Presentations on cognitive aging were given at senior centers, and 123 attendees completed the RAQ-7. On trust and safety questions, a significant minority (42-48%) responded neutrally or negatively. Encouragingly, on questions concerning the importance of research, 72-81% answered positively. More work can be done to capitalize on these findings to engage and foster trust, and this can be a focus of outreach.
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neugroschl
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sewell
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De La Fuente
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Umpierre
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.|James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D003704:Dementia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D012106:Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Attitude; dementia; elderly; memory; minority; research