This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults who had recent experience with serious illness and said that the person who was ill had difficulty understanding instructions for their medications and medical care in the past year or year before they died as of 2017, by cognitive status. According to the data, among those that have/had dementia, 64 percent had difficulty understanding medical instructions.
Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty understanding medical instructions as of 2017, by cognitive status
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 2, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty understanding medical instructions as of 2017, by cognitive status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869390/us-adults-difficulty-following-medical-instructions-by-cognitive-status/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty understanding medical instructions as of 2017, by cognitive status." Chart. November 2, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869390/us-adults-difficulty-following-medical-instructions-by-cognitive-status/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty understanding medical instructions as of 2017, by cognitive status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869390/us-adults-difficulty-following-medical-instructions-by-cognitive-status/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Adults with Family or Friends with Serious Illness That Had Difficulty Understanding Medical Instructions as of 2017, by Cognitive Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869390/us-adults-difficulty-following-medical-instructions-by-cognitive-status/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty understanding medical instructions as of 2017, by cognitive status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869390/us-adults-difficulty-following-medical-instructions-by-cognitive-status/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty understanding medical instructions as of 2017, by cognitive status [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869390/us-adults-difficulty-following-medical-instructions-by-cognitive-status/