People with Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Support to Abuse by Caregivers: Results of EPIDEMCA-FU Program in Congo

Gilles Kehoua (1) , Catherine-Marie Dubreuil (1) , Bébène Ndamba-Bandzouzi (1) , Maëlenn Guerchet (1, 2) , Pascal Mbelesso (1) , Jean-François Dartigues (3) , Pierre-Marie Preux (1, 4, 5)

1 NET - Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale
2 King‘s College London
3 BPH - Bordeaux population health
4 SIME - Service de l'Information Médicale et de l'Évaluation [CHU Limoges]
5 Laboratoire de Biostatistique et d'Informatique Médicale

Dementia is an emerging public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In SSA, the stigma suffered by people with dementia (PWD) can be strongly linked to pejorative social representations, interfering in social relationships with informal caregivers. The objective of the study was to analyze the consequences of social representations of PWD in social interactions with informal caregivers.

Mots clés: Dementia; Informal caregivers; Stigma; Sub-Saharan Africa; Traditional healers

Domaines: Santé publique et épidémiologie

Gilles Kehoua, Catherine-Marie Dubreuil, Bébène Ndamba-Bandzouzi, Maëlenn Guerchet, Pascal Mbelesso, et al.. People with Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Support to Abuse by Caregivers: Results of EPIDEMCA-FU Program in Congo. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2019, 9 (1), pp.163-175. ⟨10.1159/000489846⟩. ⟨hal-02148572⟩