Survey instruments
Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale, dementia
DISEASE COURSE
A self-designed questionnaire for collecting general information, including name, gender, age, institution of employment, educational background, professional title, and current professions years of employment, whether any previous training related to AD had been received in the past, and whether participants' relatives/friends suffered from dementia or AD.The Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS), which comprises 30 true/false items, includes the following seven dimensions: risk factors (six items), assessment and diagnosis (four items), symptoms (four items), disease course (four items), life impact (three items), caregiving (five items), and treatment and management (four items). The total score ranges from 0 (worst) to 30 (best).