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

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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. Low, Lee-Fay; Anstey, Kaarin J.; Lackersteen, Steven M. P.; Camit, Michael. (2011). Help-seeking and service use for dementia in Italian, Greek and Chinese Australians. Aging & Mental Health, 15(3), 397-404. Low, Lee-Fay; Anstey, Kaarin Jane; Lackersteen, Steven Malcolm; Camit, Michael; Harrison, Fleur; Draper, Brian; Brodaty, Henry. (2011). Recognition, attitudes and causal beliefs regarding dementia in Italian, Greek and Chinese Australians. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Special Issue: Dementia: The Asia-Pacific Perspectives, 30(6), 499-508. Ng, Tze Pin; Leong, Terence; Chiam, Peak Chiang; Kua, Ee-Heok. (2010). Ethnic variations in dementia: The contributions of cardiovascular, psychosocial and neuropsychological factors. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 29(2), 131-138. 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. Venketasubramanian, N.; Sahadevan, S.; Kua, E.H.; Chen, C.P.L.; Ng, T.-P.. (2011). Interethnic differences in dementia epidemiology: Global and Asia-Pacific perspectives. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Special issue: Dementia: The Asia-Pacific perspectives, 30(6), 492-498. 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; Leong, Terence; Chiam, Peak Chiang; Kua, Ee-Heok. (2010). Ethnic variations in dementia: The contributions of cardiovascular, psychosocial and neuropsychological factors. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 29(2), 131-138. 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. Venketasubramanian, N.; Sahadevan, S.; Kua, E.H.; Chen, C.P.L.; Ng, T.-P.. (2011). Interethnic differences in dementia epidemiology: Global and Asia-Pacific perspectives. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Special issue: Dementia: The Asia-Pacific perspectives, 30(6), 492-498. 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, Sang E.; Diwan, Sadhna. (2010). What do Korean American immigrants know about Alzheimer's disease (AD)? The impact of acculturation and exposure to the disease on AD knowledge. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(1), 66-73. 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; Leong, Terence; Chiam, Peak Chiang; Kua, Ee-Heok. (2010). Ethnic variations in dementia: The contributions of cardiovascular, psychosocial and neuropsychological factors. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 29(2), 131-138. 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. Venketasubramanian, N.; Sahadevan, S.; Kua, E.H.; Chen, C.P.L.; Ng, T.-P.. (2011). Interethnic differences in dementia epidemiology: Global and Asia-Pacific perspectives. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Special issue: Dementia: The Asia-Pacific perspectives, 30(6), 492-498. 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.

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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. Wilcox, Sara, Riu Liu. (2009). Perceptions and Beliefs About the Role of Physical Activity and Nutrition on Brain Health in Older Adults. Gerontologist, 49 (Supplementa1). S61-S71. 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. Lee, Sang E., Diwan, Sadhna. (2009). What do Korean American immigrants know about Alzheimer's disease (AD)? The impact of acculturation and exposure to the disease on AD knowledge. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(1), 66-73. 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. Wilcox, Sara, Riu Liu. (2009). Perceptions and Beliefs About the Role of Physical Activity and Nutrition on Brain Health in Older Adults. Gerontologist, 49(Supplement1), S61-S71. 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. Nápoles, Anna M.; Chadiha, Letha; Eversley, Rani; Moreno-John, Gina. (2010). Developing culturally sensitive dementia caregiver interventions: Are we there yet? American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias 25(5), 389-406. 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.