Investigation of dementia awareness among stroke patients in China:A cross-sectional study

作     者：Jing Zhou Ying Wang Jiayi Zhao Baoxin Chen Xuemei Liu Chen Fu Xiaobing Hou Huanmin Niu Yunling Zhang Xianglan Jin Jing Zhou;Ying Wang;Jiayi Zhao;Baoxin Chen;Xuemei Liu;Chen Fu;Xiaobing Hou;Huanmin Niu;Yunling Zhang;Xianglan Jin

作者机构：Department of NeurologyDongfang HospitalBeijing University of Chinese MedicineBeijing100078China School of PostgraduateBeijing University of Chinese MedicineBeijing100029China Department of PhysiotherapyWang Jing Hospital of CACMSBeijing100102China Department of NeurologyBeijing First Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western MedicineBeijing100026China Department of NeurologyXiyuan Hospital CACMSBeijing100091China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences》 (中医科学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第2期

页      面：155-160页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100203[医学-老年医学] 100204[医学-神经病学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the TCM Special Research Projects Program 2010,China Ministry of Science and Technology(201007002) the TCM Special Research Projects Program 2014 Ministry of Science and Technology(201407001-8) 

主　　题：Stroke Dementia Cognitive dysfunction Public health 

摘      要：Objective:To provide guidelines for the prevention of post-stroke dementia,we investigated whether stroke patients were aware of post-stroke dementia and their level of dementia-related ***:Five dementia-related questions were designed.A field survey was conducted in a questionand-answer method using the designed *** surveys assessed 3000 stroke patients(2 weekse6 months after stroke attacks)from 14 hospitals/clinical centers in 7 provinces and cities across ***:Among 3000 stroke patients,80.5%had heard of dementia,39.1%knew that stroke can lead to dementia,55.7%believed dementia can be prevented,50.8%thought dementia can be cured,and only 8.8%had ever seen a doctor because of memory ***,patients were classified into three groups,including a no cognitive impairment(NCI)group,a mild cognitive impairment(MCI)group,and a mild dementia(MD)*** the MCI and MD groups,only 8.7%(75/861)and 9.9%(64/649)of patients,respectively,had ever seen a doctor because of memory *** to our results,patients with a higher level of cognitive impairment had a lower awareness of dementia(P.001).Conclusion:The awareness of dementia in stroke patients in China is low,and the consultation rate is even ***,patients with a higher level of cognitive impairment have a lower awareness of *** improve public awareness and improve prevention,more emphasis should be put on education regarding post-stroke *** cognitive function screening should be conducted on stroke patients as an effective way to assess dementia.