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ReviewThe lancet. Healthy longevity2021

Dementia caregiving across Latin America and the Caribbean and brain health diplomacy.

Agustin Ibáñez, Stefanie Danielle Pina-Escudero, Katherine L Possin, Yakeel T Quiroz, Fernando Aguzzoli Peres, Andrea Slachevsky, Ana Luisa Sosa, Sonia M D Brucki, Bruce L Miller, Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America

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Review in The lancet. Healthy longevity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Agustin Ibáñez(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Stefanie Danielle Pina-Escudero(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Katherine L Possin(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Yakeel T Quiroz(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Fernando Aguzzoli Peres(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Andrea Slachevsky(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Ana Luisa Sosa(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Sonia M D Brucki(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Bruce L Miller(Prof A Ibáñez PhD, S D Pina-Escudero MD, K L Possin PhD, F A Peres MS, Prof B L Miller MD); (Prof A Ibáñez, S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, F A Peres, Prof B L Miller); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (Prof A Ibáñez); (S D Pina-Escudero, K L Possin, Prof B L Miller); (Y T Quiroz PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky PhD); (Prof A Slachevsky); (Prof A L Sosa PhD); (Prof S M D Brucki PhD).
Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America
University Memory and Aging Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USClínica Alemana · CLGlobal Brain Health Institute · USInstituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía · MXMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

US-South American Initiative for Genetic-Neural-Behavioral Interactions in Human Neurodegenerative ResearchR01AG057234 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Claudia Duran-Aniotz, Agustin M. Ibanez · 2019 to 2026
$6.1M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG057234
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean is growing rapidly, increasing the burden placed on caregivers. Exacerbated by fragile health-care systems, unstable economies, and extensive inequalities, caregiver burden in this region is among the highest in the world. We reviewed the major challenges to caregiving in Latin America and the Caribbean, and we propose regional and coordinated actions to drive future change. Current challenges include the scarcity of formal long-term care, socioeconomic and social determinants of health disparities, gender-biased burdens, growing dementia prevalence, and the effect of the current COVID-19 pandemic on families affected by dementia. Firstly, we propose local and regional short-term strategic recommendations, including systematic identification of specific caregiver needs, testing of evidence-based local interventions, contextual adaptation of strategies to different settings and cultures, countering gender bias, strengthening community support, provision of basic technology, and better use of available information and communications technology. Additionally, we propose brain health diplomacy (ie, global actions aimed to overcome the systemic challenges to brain health by bridging disciplines and sectors) and convergence science as frameworks for long-term coordinated responses, integrating tools, knowledge, and strategies to expand access to digital technology and develop collaborative models of care. Addressing the vast inequalities in dementia caregiving across Latin America and the Caribbean requires innovative, evidence-based solutions coordinated with the strengthening of public policies.

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COVID-19DementiaDiplomacyBrainCaribbean RegionFemaleHumansLatin AmericaMalePandemicsSexism

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PMID34790905
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