Table 2 Differences in knowledge about dementia risk reduction between demographic subgroups*
Dementia is a normal part of the ageing process [FALSE] | Maintaining a healthy lifestyle reduces the risk of developing the most common forms of dementia [TRUE] | Having high blood pressure increases a person’s risk of developing dementia [TRUE] | ||||||||||
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False | True | I don’t know | P value | False | True | I don’t know | P value | False | True | I don’t know | P value | |
Total study population | 179 (27.3%) | 443 (67.6%) | 33 (5.0%) | 83 (12.7%) | 408 (62.3%) | 164 (25.0%) | 91 (13.9%) | 204 (31.1%) | 360 (55.0%) | |||
Age | 0.535 | 0.029 | 0.106 | |||||||||
30–45 years | 36 (27.9%) | 86 (66.7%) | 7 (5.4%) | 7 (5.4%) | 83 (64.3%) | 39 (30.2%) | 9 (7.0%) | 44 (34.1%) | 76 (58.9%) | |||
45–65 years | 71 (25.2%) | 200 (70.9%) | 11 (3.9%) | 35 (12.4%) | 178 (63.1%) | 69 (24.5%) | 40 (14.2%) | 85 (30.1%) | 157 (55.7%) | |||
65–80 years | 72 (29.5%) | 157 (64.3%) | 15 (6.1%) | 41 (16.8%) | 147 (60.2%) | 56 (23.0%) | 42 (17.2%) | 75 (30.7%) | 127 (52.0%) | |||
Sex | 0.000 | 0.119 | 0.530 | |||||||||
Male | 106 (35.3%) | 178 (59.3%) | 16 (5.3%) | 38 (12.7%) | 198 (66.0%) | 64 (21.3%) | 45 (15.0%) | 97 (32.3%) | 158 (52.7%) | |||
Female | 73 (20.6%) | 265 (74.6%) | 17 (4.8%) | 45 (12.7%) | 210 (59.2%) | 100 (28.2%) | 46 (13.0%) | 107 (30.1%) | 202 (56.9%) | |||
Education | 0.446 | 0.001 | 0.000 | |||||||||
Low to middle | 78 (30.1%) | 167 (64.5%) | 14 (5.4%) | 44 (17.0%) | 141 (54.4%) | 74 (28.6%) | 48 (18.5%) | 56 (21.6%) | 155 (59.8%) | |||
High | 101 (25.9%) | 270 (69.2%) | 19 (4.9%) | 37 (9.5%) | 264 (67.7%) | 89 (22.8%) | 41 (10.5%) | 146 (37.4%) | 203 (52.1%) | |||
Employment | 0.141 | 0.361 | 0.194 | |||||||||
Unemployed | 82 (28.9%) | 183 (64.4%) | 19 (6.7%) | 42 (14.8) | 173 (60.9%) | 69 (24.3%) | 43 (15.1%) | 78 (27.5%) | 163 (57.4%) | |||
Employed | 97 (26.1%) | 260 (70.1%) | 14 (3.8%) | 41 (11.1%) | 235 (63.3%) | 95 (25.6%) | 48 (12.9%) | 126 (34.0%) | 197 (53.1%) | |||