Validity of the Korean Version of the Fear of Alzheimer's Disease Scale for the Assessment of Anticipatory Dementia |
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| Authors: | Yeonsil Moon Hee-Jin Kim Hojin Choi Seong-il Oh Seol-Heui Han |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.;2.Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.;3.Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea.;4.Center for Geriatric Neuroscience Research, Institute of Biomedical Science, Konkuk Medical Science Research Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | Anticipatory dementia is related to anxiety, which is a clinical predictor of early conversion to Alzheimer''s disease. The Fear of Alzheimer''s Disease Scale (FADS) is a reliable and valid instrument to address anticipatory dementia. The aim of the present investigation was to develop the Korean version of the Fear of Alzheimer''s Disease Scale (K-FADS) and to verify its reliability and validity. We developed the K-FADS to consist of 30 items with total scores ranging from 0 to 120, as in the original FADS. One hundred eight healthy volunteer participants, drawn from 3 different university hospitals, were evaluated. The K-FADS revealed good reliability (Cronbach α=0.96) and good validity as compared to the Korean version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form (r=0.242, P=0.013). Test-retest reliability was excellent, as the intra-class correlation coefficient comparing the retest to test was 0.98 (95% confidence interval, 0.96-0.99). Our results show that the K-FADS is a suitable and valuable scale to assess anticipatory dementia in elderly Koreans.Graphical Abstract | |
| Keywords: | Alzheimer Disease Anticipatory Dementia Scale Anxiety Cognitive Impairment Korea |
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