Social support, positive caregiving experience, and caregiver burden in informal caregivers of older adults with dementia

M Nemcikova, Z Katreniakova, I Nagyova - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Dementia is currently one of the major causes of disability and dependency
among older adults worldwide. Cognitive dysfunction, neuropsychiatric symptoms, somatic …

How Modifiable Are Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors? A Framework for Considering the Modifiability of Dementia Risk Factors

L Bransby, E Rosenich, P Maruff, YY Lim - The Journal of Prevention of …, 2024 - Springer
Many risk factors for dementia, identified from observational studies, are potentially
modifiable. This raises the possibility that targeting key modifiable dementia risk factors may …

Ranran Zheng, Mingyang Yu, Li Huang, Fang Wang, Baizhi Gao, Duanduan Fu, Jinghui Zhu* and Guilin Liu

ASW Chan, MCJ Ho, HL Tam - Healthy Aging, Mental Health …, 2023 - books.google.com
Background: As the population ages with fewer children, depression symptoms are
increasing among the elderly who lack companionship. Intergenerational support is closely …

Knowledge, health beliefs and attitudes towards dementia and dementia risk reduction among the Dutch general population: A cross-sectional study

J Vrijsen, TF Matulessij, T Joxhorst, SE de Rooij… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Positive health beliefs and attitudes towards dementia and dementia risk
reduction may encourage adopting a healthy behaviour. Therefore, we aimed to investigate …

Public knowledge about dementia risk reduction in Norway

G Kjelvik, AMM Rokstad, J Stuebs, P Thingstad… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Several modifiable lifestyle risk factors for dementia have been identified, but it
is unclear how much the Norwegian public knows about the relationship between lifestyle …

Determining middle-aged and older adults' health beliefs to change lifestyle and health behavior for dementia risk reduction

MA Akyol, L Zehirlioğlu, M Erünal… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Global population is getting older and the prevalence of dementia continuously
increases. Understanding the related health beliefs is bound to enable lifestyle-based …

Body, Brain, Life for Cognitive Decline (BBL-CD): Protocol for a multidomain dementia risk reduction randomized controlled trial for subjective cognitive decline and …

M McMaster, S Kim, L Clare, SJ Torres… - … interventions in aging, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background With no cure for dementia and the number of people living with the condition
predicted to rapidly rise, there is an urgent need for dementia risk reduction and prevention …

[HTML][HTML] Island study linking aging and neurodegenerative disease (ISLAND) targeting dementia risk reduction: protocol for a prospective web-based cohort study

L Bartlett, K Doherty, M Farrow, S Kim… - JMIR Research …, 2022 - researchprotocols.org
Background: Up to 40% of incident dementia is considered attributable to behavioral and
lifestyle factors. Given the current lack of medical treatments and the projected increase in …

Using mHealth for primary Prevention of Dementia: a proof-of-Concept study on usage patterns, appreciation, and beliefs and attitudes regarding Prevention

I Heger, K Deckers, M De Vugt… - Journal of …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Background: Health-and lifestyle factors account for a substantial part of all dementia cases,
which opens the opportunity for primary prevention. However, the required behavioral …

“Your brain matters”: Issues of risk and responsibility in online dementia prevention information

M Lawless, M Augoustinos… - Qualitative Health …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The Internet has been argued to provide diverse sites for health communication and
promotion, including issues that constitute major public health priorities such as the …