ArticleBMC public health2021
What do young Australian adults know about modifiable risk factors for dementia?
Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Qualitative Perspectives of Young-Onset Dementia Care in Australia: A Thematic Analysis From the Joint Solutions Project.Dementia (London, England) · 2026Article
- [What does the population know about risk and protective factors for dementia? An international review of the current state of knowledge in various countries].Der Nervenarzt · 2023Review
- Testing times for dementia: a community survey identifying contemporary barriers to risk reduction and screening.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2023Article
- Dose health education on dementia prevention have more effects on community residents when a community physician/nurse leads it? A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Pushing through the Barriers: Peer Advice to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Dementia Risk from Participants in a Massive Open Online Alzheimer's Focused Course.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are well established modifiable risk factors for late-life dementia. These risk factors account for over 30% of population attributable dementia risk and accrue over the lifespan. Young adults have the greatest potential to reduce their own risk for dementia. This study aimed to investigate what young Australian adults know about dementia and its risk factors, and further, how they estimated these risks.
methodsAn online survey promoted through various social media platforms was completed by 604 young Australian adults aged 18-44 years of age.
resultsSeventy percent of participants had a limited understanding of dementia (identifying cognitive or functional impairment), 25% had a good understanding, with 5% having no understanding. Twenty percent of respondents thought there were no modifiable risk factors for dementia. Less the half of participants agreed with two of the nine established dementia risk factors (hearing loss in midlife and education in early life), with over half of participants agreeing to the remaining seven risk factors. Females consistently judged the risks conferred by the nine established dementia risk factors to be higher than males. Those who were lonely judged the dementia risk conferred by loneliness to be higher than those who were not lonely; and smokers judged the dementia risk conferred by smoking to be less than non-smokers.
conclusionYoung adults have the greatest potential to change their dementia risk, and these findings show that there are important gaps in knowledge of dementia and its risk factors in this group.
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