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- Title
Primary prevention of dementia: from modifiable risk factors to a public brain health agenda?
- Authors
Hussenoeder, Felix S.; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>With large numbers of people affected, no treatment in sight and continuing demographic change, the prevention of dementia is becoming a central public health issue.<bold>Methods: </bold>We conducted a systematic meta-review including systematic reviews and meta-analyses of longitudinal observational studies on modifiable risk and protective factors for dementia published over the last 5 years.<bold>Results: </bold>Compelling evidence on a number of modifiable risk factors, mostly lifestyle factors, is available from longitudinal observational studies to inform primary preventive efforts.<bold>Discussion: </bold>Evidence stemming from preventive RCTs is limited. However, multi-domain interventions addressing a variety of risk factors at once seem promising with regard to high-risk individuals (selective preventive approach). However, we argue that it is time to move forward and discuss a public brain health agenda as a universal preventive approach. Based on a risk reduction strategy, the public brain health agenda suggests the following ten key actions: (1) increase physical activity, (2) foster social integration, (3) improve education and foster lifelong learning, (4) provide mentally stimulating workplaces, (5) foster a cognitively active lifestyle, (6) propose a healthy Mediterranean-like diet, (7) reduce alcohol consumption, (8) stop smoking, (9) prevent, diagnose and treat chronic conditions, and (10) reduce anticholinergic medication in the elderly.
- Subjects
MENTAL health services; DEMENTIA prevention; PUBLIC health; META-analysis; HEALTH risk assessment; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; LONGITUDINAL method; PREVENTIVE health services
- Publication
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2018, Vol 53, Issue 12, p1289
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00127-018-1598-7