Table 1.
Dementia knowledge questionnaire
| Category | Questions | True/false | Correct answer |
Overall correct answer rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | % | |||
| Causes | 1. Everyone develops dementia when he or she becomes old | F | 1,434 (76.7) | 69.7 |
| 2. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia | T | 1,248 (66.8) | ||
| 3. Stroke may lead to dementia | T | 1,224 (65.5) | ||
| Symptoms | 4. If a person remembers well what happened a long time ago, he or she does not have dementia | F | 1,293 (69.2) | 74.7 |
| 5. If a person develops dementia, he or she may experience changes in his or her personality | T | 1,222 (65.4) | ||
| 6. Dementia can be diagnosed only when strange behavior appears | F | 1,674 (89.6) | ||
| Prevention and treatment | 7. There is no way to prevent dementia | F | 1,193 (63.8) | 64.7 |
| 8. Some types of dementia can be cured completely | T | 353 (18.9) | ||
| 9. Drugs are useful in the treatment of dementia | T | 1,521 (81.4) | ||
| 10. Regular exercise reduces the risk of dementia | T | 1,768 (94.6) | ||
| Caregiving | 11. If a person develops dementia, it is impossible for him or her to live together with the family | F | 1,036 (55.4) | 67.8 |
| 12. Because a dementia patient does not have the ability to judge, the patient does not need to be given any explanation during treatment | F | 1,500 (80.3) |