Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Senior Thesis
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Primary Major
Nursing
Primary Minor
Cognitive and Experimental Science
Thesis Advisor
Andrea Boyle, PhD, FNAP, ANP
Abstract
Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD) is a rare form of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) that makes up around 5% of AD cases. The Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet, a hybrid diet of the Mediterranean and DASH (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) is an approach that patients with EOAD can adapt to slow down the progression of cognitive decline. Current literature focuses on what the effects of the diet are more for AD and not EOAD specifically, where there is less of an established baseline of nurse knowledge. The lack of research about what nurses understand regarding providing education of the MIND diet to patients with EOAD can be addressed further. Purpose: This research proposal aims to fill the gap of determining the knowledge baseline of the MIND diet from nurses who have or had experience in caring for patients with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in order to aid in the contribution for further studies creating educational modules targeting knowledge deficits. Method: A quantitative descriptive survey questionnaire about the MIND diet will be conducted on nurses with experience in caring for patients with EOAD.
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Food Studies Commons, Medical Nutrition Commons, Nursing Commons