SynthesisPsychological medicine2021
Migration and dementia: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies in Europe.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dementia risk among individuals with a migrant background-a scoping review.Frontiers in dementia · 2025Pooled it
- Diversity in Alzheimer's disease drug trials: The importance of eligibility criteria.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2022Pooled it
- Navigating Support for Informal Caregivers of Older Migrants with Dementia in The Netherlands: Insights from Patient Journey Mapping.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The prevalence and incidence of young onset dementia in the Netherlands: a prospective study in two catchment areas.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2026Article
- Beliefs, barriers, and behaviors: Exploring dementia prevention perspectives in culturally diverse populations in The Netherlands.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to recruitment, engagement, and retention of underrepresented populations in dementia prevention research: a scoping review.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Article
- The incidence of dementia in populations around the globe.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2026Review
- The Population Neuroscience-Dementia Syndemics Framework to better understand global sex and gender-based risk in low- and middle-income countries.Nature aging · 2026Review
- A Coach-Supported mHealth Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Dementia Risk in Persons With Low Socioeconomic Status or a Migration Background: Qualitative Co-Design Study.Journal of participatory medicine · 2025Article
- Adult brain cancer incidence patterns: A comparative study between Japan and Japanese Americans.International journal of cancer · 2025Article
- Social determinants of dementia: A scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Attitudes Towards Dementia Among a Diverse Group of Refugees Resettled in the United States.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2025Article
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- Prevalence of dementia diagnosis in Sweden by geographical region and sociodemographic subgroups: a nationwide observational study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Acceptance of a Digital Assistant (Anne4Care) for Older Adult Immigrants Living With Dementia: Qualitative Descriptive Study.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Living well with dementia: An exploratory matched analysis of minority ethnic and white people with dementia and carers participating in the IDEAL programme.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of the Swedish Version of the Multicultural Cognitive Examination for Cognitive Assessment in Swedish Memory Clinics.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Article
- The MEDITAGING study: protocol of a two-armed randomized controlled study to compare the effects of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program against a health promotion program in older migrants in Luxembourg.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- Attitudes toward dementia and cognitive aging among Syrian refugees resettled in Jordan: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo provide an overview of epidemiological studies of dementia among migrant groups in Europe and to estimate their pooled odds ratio (OR) v. the reference population.
methodsSearch for articles reporting on incidence or prevalence of dementia among ethnic minorities and migrants in Europe, published before 21 December 2018. We performed several meta-analyses, using a random-effects model, and, when there was no evidence of heterogeneity, a fixed-effects model. We distinguished between all migrants, African-Europeans and Asian-Europeans.
resultsWe retrieved five population-based surveys and two health care record studies. The latter included one incidence study, the remainder were prevalence studies. The meta-analysis of all studies yielded a pooled OR, adjusted for age and sex, of 1.73 (95% CI 1.42-2.11) for dementia in all migrant groups. However, the pooled OR of population surveys (3.10; 95% CI 2.12-4.51) was significantly higher than that for the health care record studies (OR 0.94; 95% CI 0.80-1.11). The pooled ORs for African-Europeans and Asian-Europeans, based on population surveys, were 2.54 (95% CI 1.70-3.80) and 5.36 (95% CI 2.78-10.31), respectively.
conclusionsThe discrepancy between health care record studies and population surveys suggests that many migrants remain undiagnosed. Migrants from Asia and Africa seem to be at significantly increased risk of dementia in Europe. Since the prevalence rates in their countries of origin are generally not higher than those for natives in Europe, there may be a parallel with the epidemiology of schizophrenia.
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