TY - JOUR
T1 - Research Attitudes and Interest among Elderly Latinxs
T2 - The Impact of a Collaborative Video and Community Peers
AU - Sewell, Margaret C.
AU - Neugroschl, Judith
AU - Umpierre, Mari
AU - Chin, Shehan
AU - Zhu, Carolyn W.
AU - Velasco, Nelly
AU - Gonzalez, Sabrina
AU - Acabá-Berrocal, Alexandra
AU - Bianchetti, Luca
AU - Silva, Gabriela
AU - Collazo, Alma
AU - Sano, Mary
AU - Zuelsdorff, Megan
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this initiative was provided by the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (P50 AG005138). Drs. Sano and Zhu also are supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. Work was done while Sabrina Gon-zalez, Alexandra Acabá-Berrocal, Luca Bianchetti, Gabriela Silva were working with the ADRC at Mount Sinai.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Latinx elders are underrepresented in dementia research. In a previous study we assessed research attitudes in urban minority elders and found a significant minority expressed neutral to negative attitudes relating to trust, safety, and personal responsibility to help research. Objective: To assess the impact of a composite intervention on attitudes toward research and research participation among elderly Latinx. The intervention was a collaboratively produced research participation video shown during presentations with our elderly community advisory board (CAB) as co-presenters. Methods: The video was created by the ADRC and CAB. All senior center attendees were eligible to participate. Afterwards, the Research Attitudes Questionnaire (RAQ) and a brief questionnaire on the impact of the video were administered. Using Wilcoxon Rank Sum Tests, Chi Square, and OLS regressions, RAQ responses were compared to those from a historical cohort from similar centers. Results: 74 in the 'Historical Cohort 1' and 104 in 'Intervention Cohort 2' were included. RAQ total score was higher in Cohort 2 than Cohort 1 (28.5 versus 26.1, p < 0.05) after controlling for age, education, and country of origin. In response to the question 'Has the video influenced your willingness and interest to participate in research', 88.7%of the participants in Cohort 2 reported being 'more' or 'much more' interested in research. Conclusion: Tailoring community research recruitment programs to include relatable peers using novel recruitment techniques may have positive implications for improving enrollment of diverse elderly individuals in research.
AB - Background: Latinx elders are underrepresented in dementia research. In a previous study we assessed research attitudes in urban minority elders and found a significant minority expressed neutral to negative attitudes relating to trust, safety, and personal responsibility to help research. Objective: To assess the impact of a composite intervention on attitudes toward research and research participation among elderly Latinx. The intervention was a collaboratively produced research participation video shown during presentations with our elderly community advisory board (CAB) as co-presenters. Methods: The video was created by the ADRC and CAB. All senior center attendees were eligible to participate. Afterwards, the Research Attitudes Questionnaire (RAQ) and a brief questionnaire on the impact of the video were administered. Using Wilcoxon Rank Sum Tests, Chi Square, and OLS regressions, RAQ responses were compared to those from a historical cohort from similar centers. Results: 74 in the 'Historical Cohort 1' and 104 in 'Intervention Cohort 2' were included. RAQ total score was higher in Cohort 2 than Cohort 1 (28.5 versus 26.1, p < 0.05) after controlling for age, education, and country of origin. In response to the question 'Has the video influenced your willingness and interest to participate in research', 88.7%of the participants in Cohort 2 reported being 'more' or 'much more' interested in research. Conclusion: Tailoring community research recruitment programs to include relatable peers using novel recruitment techniques may have positive implications for improving enrollment of diverse elderly individuals in research.
KW - Attitudes towards research
KW - Diversity
KW - Elder minorities
KW - Minorities in research
KW - Research participation
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U2 - 10.3233/JAD-210027
DO - 10.3233/JAD-210027
M3 - Article
C2 - 34092634
AN - SCOPUS:85111407691
VL - 82
SP - 771
EP - 779
JO - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
JF - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
SN - 1387-2877
IS - 2
ER -