J Korean Med Sci.  2014 Mar;29(3):411-415. 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.3.411.

Validity of the Korean Version of the Fear of Alzheimer's Disease Scale for the Assessment of Anticipatory Dementia

• Moon Y
• Kim HJ
• Choi H
• Oh SI
• Han SH

• KMID: 1734930
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2014.29.3.411

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 alpha=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.

Keyword

Alzheimer Disease; Anticipatory Dementia; Scale; Anxiety; Cognitive Impairment; Korea

MeSH Terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease/*diagnosis
*Anticipation, Psychological
Anxiety
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Dementia/*diagnosis
Demography
Fear
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Republic of Korea
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