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Social & behavioral research on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia in diverse populations: A bibliography

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Asian or Asian American (64)

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Asian
  • Arab
    • Bowirrat, Abdalla; Oscar-Berman, Marlene; Logroscino, Giancarlo. (2006). Association of depression with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in an elderly Arab population of Wadi-Ara, Israel. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(3), 246-51.
  • Chinese
    • Chan, A. S., Choi, M. K., & Salmon, D. P. (2001). The effect of age, education, and gender on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale performance of elderly Chinese and American individuals. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 56B(6), P356-363.
    • Chow, T. W., Liu, C. K., Fuh, J. L., Leung, V. P. Y., Tai, C. T., Chen, L. W., et al. (2002). Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease differ in Chinese and American patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(1), 22-28.
    • Chong, Mei Sian; Chin, Jing Jih; Saw, Seang Mei; Chan, Siew Pang; Venketasubramanian, N.; Tan, Louis C. S.; Hong, Ching Ye; Sahadevan, Suresh. (2006). Screening for dementia in the older Chinese with a single question test on progressive forgetfulness. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(5), 442-48.
    • Chung, J. (2001). Empowering individuals with early dementia and their carers: An exploratory study in the Chinese context. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 16(2), 85-88.
    • Hendrie, Hugh C. (2006). Lessons learned from international comparative crosscultural studies on dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(6), 480-88.

    • Ng, Tze-Pin; Niti, Matthew; Chiam, Peak-Chiang. (2007). Ethnic and educational differences in cognitive test performance on Mini-Mental State Examination in Asians. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(2), 130-9.

    • Pang, L. W., Chow, T. W., Cummings, J. L., Leung, V. P. Y., Chiu, H. F. K., Lam, L. C. W., et al. (2002). Effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease on Chinese and American caregivers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(1), 29-34.
    • Patterson, T. L., Semple, S. J., Shaw, W. S., Yu, E., He, Y., Zhang, M. Y., et al. (1998). The cultural context of caregiving: A comparison of Alzheimer's caregivers in Shanghai, China and San Diego, California. Psychological Medicine, 28(5), 1071-1084.
    • Prince, M., Acosta, D., Chiu, H., Scazufca, M., & Varghese, M. (2003). Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: A cross-cultural validation study. Lancet, 361(9361), 909.
    • Sahadevan, Suresh; Saw, Seang Mei; Gao, Wei; Tan, Louis C. S.; Chin, Jing Jih; Hong, Ching ye; Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy. (2008). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(11), 2061-2068.

    • Shaw, W., Patterson, T., Semple, S., Grant, I., Yu, E., Zhang, M., et al. (1997). A cross-cultural validation of coping strategies and their associations with caregiving distress. Gerontologist, 37(4), 490-504.

  • Indian
    • Chandra, V., Ganguli, M., Ratcliff, G., Pandav, R., Sharma, S., Belle, S., et al. (1998). Practical issues in cognitive screening of elderly illiterate populations in developing countries: The Indo-US Cross-National Epidemiology Study. Aging (Milano), 10(5), 349-357.
    • Mackenzie, Jenny. (2006). Stigma and dementia: East European and South Asian family carers negotiating stigma in the UK. Dementia, 5(2), 233-47.
    • Ng, Tze-Pin; Niti, Matthew; Chiam, Peak-Chiang. (2007). Ethnic and educational differences in cognitive test performance on Mini-Mental State Examination in Asians. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(2), 130-9.

    • Prince, M., Acosta, D., Chiu, H., Scazufca, M., & Varghese, M. (2003). Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: A cross-cultural validation study. Lancet, 361(9361), 909.

    • Purandare, Nitin; Luthra, Vikram; Swarbrick, Caroline; Burns, Alistair. Knowledge of dementia among South Asian (Indian) older people in Manchester, UK. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(8), 777-81.

    • Sahadevan, Suresh; Saw, Seang Mei; Gao, Wei; Tan, Louis C. S.; Chin, Jing Jih; Hong, Ching ye; Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy. (2008). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(11), 2061-2068.

  • Iranian
    • Azar, Armin; Dadvar, Shukofeh. (2008). Psychoeducational program for Iranian family caregivers living in northern California. Clincal Gerontologist, 31(3), 95-100.

  • Israeli
    • Clarfield, A. Mark; Monette, Johanne; Bergman, Howard; Monette, Michele; Caine, Yehezkel; Charles, Jocelyn; Gordon, Michael; Gore, Brian. (2006). Enteral feeding in end-stage dementia: a comparison of religious, ethnic, and national differences in Canada and Israel. Journals of Gerontology: Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 61A(6), 621-7.
    • Lowenstein, A. (1999). Caring for parents with Alzheimer's: Comparing perceptions of physical and mental health in the Jewish and Arab sectors in Israel. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 14(1), 65-76.

  • Japanese
    • Martin, G. M., & Kukull, W. A. (1996). Do cultural differences affect Alzheimer disease? JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 276(12), 993.
    • Schreiner, A. S., Yamamoto, E., & Shiotani, H. (2000). Agitated behavior in elderly nursing home residents with dementia in Japan. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 55(3), P180-P186.

  • Korean
    • Chun, M.; Knight, B. G.; Youn, G. (2007). Differences in stress and coping models of emotional distress among Korean, Korean-American, and white-American caregivers. Aging and Mental Health, 11(1), 20-9.

    • Lee, E. E., & Farran, C. J. (2004). Depression among Korean, Korean American and Caucasian American family caregivers. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(1), 18-25.
    • Lee, J. H., Kim, J. H., Jhoo, J. H., Lee, K. U., Kim, K. W., Lee, D. Y., et al. (2000). A telemedicine system as a care modality for dementia patients in Korea. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 14(2), 94-101.
    • Lee, Y. R., & Sung, K. T. (1997). Cultural differences in caregiving motivations for demented patients: Korean caregivers versus American caregivers. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 44(2), 115-127.
    • Youn, G., Knight, B. G., Jeong, H. S., & Benton, D. (1999). Differences in familism values and caregiving outcomes among Korean, Korean American, and white American dementia caregivers. Psychology and Aging, 14(3), 355-364.

  • Malaysian
    • Choo, W. Y., Low, W. Y., Karina, R., Poip, P. J., Ebenezer, E., & Prince, M. J. (2003). Social support and burden among caregivers of patients with dementia in Malaysia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 15(1), 23-29.

    • Ng, Tze-Pin; Niti, Matthew; Chiam, Peak-Chiang. (2007). Ethnic and educational differences in cognitive test performance on Mini-Mental State Examination in Asians. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(2), 130-9.

    • Sahadevan, Suresh; Saw, Seang Mei; Gao, Wei; Tan, Louis C. S.; Chin, Jing Jih; Hong, Ching ye; Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy. (2008). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(11), 2061-2068.

  • Pacific Islander
    • Chow, T. W., Ross, L., Fox, P., Cummings, J. L., & Lin, K. M. (2000). Utilization of Alzheimer's disease community resources by Asian-Americans in California. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(9), 838-847.
    • Glosser, G., Wolfe, N., Albert, M., Lavine, L., Steele, J., Calne, D., et al. (1993). Cross-cultural cognitive examination: Validation of a dementia screening instrument for neuroepidemiological research. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 41(9), 931-939.
    • Yeo, G., Gallagher-Thompson, D., & Lieberman, M. (1996). Variations in dementia characteristics by ethnic category. In D. Gallagher-Thompson & G. Yeo (Eds.), Ethnicity and the dementias (pp. 21-30). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.

  • Pakistani
    • Mackenzie, Jenny. (2006). Stigma and dementia: East European and South Asian family carers negotiating stigma in the UK. Dementia, 5(2), 233-47.
  • Taiwanese
    • Wang, Jeng; Mentes, Janet C. (2006). Detection of acute confusion in Taiwanese elderly individuals. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(6), 7-12.
  • Asian (general)
    • Haider, Imran, Shah, Ajit. (2004). Pilot study of behavioral and psychological signs and symptoms of dementia in patients of Indian sub-continent origin admitted to a dementia day hospital in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(12), 1195-1204.
    • Lim, Wee Shiong; Chin, Jing Jih; Lam, Chee Kum; Lim, P'ing Ping Joy; Sahadevan, Suresh. (2005). Clinical Dementia Rating: experience of a multi-racial Asian population. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 19(3), 135-142.
    • Prince, M., Acosta, D., Chiu, H., Scazufca, M., & Varghese, M. (2003). Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: A cross-cultural validation study. Lancet, 361(9361), 909.
Asian American
  • Chinese American
    • Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores; Rabinowitz, Yaron; Tang, Paulette C. Y.; Tse, Collins; Kwo, Elizabeth; Hsu, Shannon; Wang, Peng-Chih; Leung, Laurie; Tong, Hui-Qi; Thompson, Larry W. (2006). Recruiting Chinese Americans for dementia caregiver intervention research: suggestions for success. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14:8, 676-83.
    • Guo, Z., Levy, B. R., Hinton, W. L., Weitzman, P. F., & Levkoff, S. E. (2000). The power of labels: Recruiting dementia-affected Chinese American elders and their caregivers. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 6(1), 103-112.
    • Hinton, Ladson, Franz, Carol & Friend, Jeffrey. (2004). Evidence for cross-ethnic differences. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 18(3), 134-144.
    • Hinton, W. L., Guo, Z., Hillygus, J., & Levkoff, S. (2000). Working with culture: A qualitative analysis of barriers to the recruitment of Chinese-American family caregivers for dementia research. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 15(2), 119-137.
    • Liu, Dandan; Hinton, Ladson; Tran, Cindy; Hinton, Devon; Barker, Judith C. (2008). Reexamining the relationships among dementia, stigma, and aging in immigrant Chinese and Vietnamese family caregivers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(3), 283-299.
    • Weitzman, P. F., Chee, Y. K., & Levkoff, S. E. (1999). A social cognitive examination of responses to family conflicts by African-American and Chinese-American caregivers. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 14(6), 343-350.
    • Zhan, Lin. (2004). Caring for family members with Alzheimer's disease: Perspectives from Chinese American caregivers. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 30(8), 19-29.

  • Japanese American
    • Adams, B., Aranda, M. P., Kemp, B., & Takagi, K. A. (2002). Ethnic and gender differences in distress among Anglo American, African American, Japanese American, and Mexican American spousal caregivers of persons with dementia. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8(4), 279-301.
    • Kinoshita, L., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2004). Japanese American caregivers of individuals with dementia: An examination of Japanese cultural values and dementia caregiving. Clinical Gerontologist, 27(1/2), 87-102.
    • Taaffe, Dennis R.; Irie, Fumiko; Masaki, Kamal H.; et al. (2008). Physical activity, physical function, and incident dementia in elderly men: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Journals of Gerontology: Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 63A(5), 529-535.

  • Korean American
    • Chun, M.; Knight, B. G.; Youn, G. (2007). Differences in stress and coping models of emotional distress among Korean, Korean-American, and white-American caregivers. Aging and Mental Health, 11(1), 20-9.
    • Lee, E. E., & Farran, C. J. (2004). Depression among Korean, Korean American and Caucasian American family caregivers. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(1), 18-25.
    • Watari, K. F., & Gatz, M. (2004). Pathways to care for Alzheimer's disease among Korean Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 10(1), 23-38.
    • Youn, G., Knight, B. G., Jeong, H. S., & Benton, D. (1999). Differences in familism values and caregiving outcomes among Korean, Korean American, and white American dementia caregivers. Psychology and Aging, 14(3), 355-364.

  • Vietnamese American
    • Liu, Dandan; Hinton, Ladson; Tran, Cindy; Hinton, Devon; Barker, Judith C. (2008). Reexamining the relationships among dementia, stigma, and aging in immigrant Chinese and Vietnamese family caregivers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(3), 283-299.

  • Asian American (general)
    • Ayalon, L., & Arean, P. A. (2004). Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease in four ethnic groups of older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(1), 51-57.
    • Chen, J. C., Borson, S., & Scanlan, J. M. (2000). Stage-specific prevalence of behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease in a multi-ethnic community sample. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 8(2), 123-133.
    • Chow, T. W., Ross, L., Fox, P., Cummings, J. L., & Lin, K. M. (2000). Utilization of Alzheimer's disease community resources by Asian-Americans in California. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(9), 838-847.
    • Hinton, W. L., & Levkoff, S. (1999). Constructing Alzheimer's: Narratives of lost identities, confusion and loneliness in old age. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 23(4), 453-475.
    • Ho, C. J., Weitzman, P. F., Cui, X., & Levkoff, S. E. (2000). Stress and service use among minority caregivers to elders with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(1), 67-88.
    • Hou, Craig E.; Yaffe, Kristine; Perez-Stable, Eliseo J.; Miller, Bruce L. (2006). Frequency of dementia etiologies in four ethnic groups. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 22(1), 42-7.
    • Jones, Randi S.; Chow, Tiffany W.; Gatz, Margaret. (2006). Asian Americans and Alzheimer's disease: assimiliation, culture and beliefs. Journal of Aging Studies 20(1): 11-25.
    • Levkoff, S., Levy, B., & Weitzman, P. F. (1999). The role of religion and ethnicity in the help seeking of minority family caregivers of elders with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 14(4), 335-356.
    • Mehta, K. M.; Yaffe, K.; Perez-Stable, E. J.; Barnes, D.; Kurland, B. F.; Miller, B. L. (2008). Race/ethnic differences in AD survival in US Alzheimer's Disease Centers. Neurology, 70(14), 1163-1170.
    • Martin, G. M., & Kukull, W. A. (1996). Do cultural differences affect Alzheimer disease? JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 276(12), 993.
    • Trinh, Nhi-Ha; Ahmed, Iqbal. (2009). Acculturation and Asian American elderly. In: Trinh, Nhi-Ha; Rho, Yanni Chun; Lu, Francis G.; Sanders, Kathy Marie (eds.) Handbook of mental health and acculturation in Asian American families. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
    • Weitzman, P. F., & Levkoff, S. E. (2000). Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in health research with minority elders: Lessons from a study of dementia caregiving. Field Methods, 12(3), 195-208.
    • Yeo, G., Gallagher-Thompson, D., & Lieberman, M. (1996). Variations in dementia characteristics by ethnic category. In D. Gallagher-Thompson & G. Yeo (Eds.), Ethnicity and the dementias (pp. 21-30). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.

 

 

 

 
 

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