Factors associated with attitudes toward research MRI in older Asian Americans
Karthik J Kota,
Alice Dawson,
Julia Papas
et al.
Abstract:INTRODUCTIONSouth Asian (SA) and East Asian (EA) older adults represent the fastest‐growing racial/ethnic groups of Americans at risk for dementia. While recruiting older SA adults into a brain health study, we encountered unexpected hesitancy toward structural brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis and stigmatizing attitudes related to internal locus of control (LoC) for future dementia risks. We hypothesized that support for MRI‐related research was influenced by these attitudes as well as personal … Show more
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