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Published in final edited form as: Online J Rural Nurs Health Care. 2018 Apr 22;18(1):180–208. doi: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v17i1.469

Table 3.

KAD Item Totals of Correct Responses for Rural Sample

Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease (KAD) Items +	Rural Sample
	N (%)
Alzheimer’s disease could be contagious	16 (74.5)
All humans if they live long enough, will probably develop Alzheimer’s disease	106 (54.1)
Alzheimer’s disease is a form of insanity	159 (81.1)
Alzheimer’s disease is a normal process of aging	142 (72.4)
Alzheimer’s disease can be cured with medication	153 (78.1)
Alzheimer’s disease only occurs in the elderly population	115 (58.7)
The major symptom of Alzheimer’s disease is memory loss^*	130 (66.3)
Symptoms of depression are similar to those of Alzheimer’s disease^*	39 (19.9)
Alzheimer’s disease is generally fatal^*	111 (56.6)
Alzheimer’s disease can be diagnosed with a blood test	126 (64.3)

Notes: N and % = total number correct,

= True. Reprinted with permission Jang, Kim, Hansen, and Chiriboga (2010), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, p. 11.