The Relationship of Perceived Health Literacy and Vaccination Hesitancy in People with Dementia Associated Disorders

Dementia associated disorders (DAD) refers to clinical conditions that are typically characterized by progressive cognitive impairment (CI) that interferes with an individual’s ability to function independently. In routine care CI in DAD may be poorly recognized and can vary considerably in degree and combination across multiple cognitive domains. Therefore, clinical judgement may be insufficient alone to identify CI across these varied types/degrees, and how CI may directly affect both patient quality of life and decision‐making. Patient reported outcomes (PRO) are used to survey patient perception of their disease across varied real world impact. The BRIEF Health Literacy (HL) survey (BHL), Electronic health literacy (eHealth Literacy Scale, EHL) and the psychological antecedents of vaccinations (Vaccine 5C, V5C), vaccine hesitancy, have not been explored across these areas in people with DAD (PwDAD).