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Do we know enough to begin prevention interventions for dementia?
Author(s) -
Rabins Peter V.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.01.006
Subject(s) - dementia , psychological intervention , medicine , diabetes mellitus , primary prevention , hyperlipidemia , gerontology , disease , vascular dementia , cognitive decline , incidence (geometry) , disease prevention , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , optics , endocrinology , physics
This article reviews prior examples of successful prevention interventions and reviews whether comparable data are available to support a prevention campaign targeting later life cognitive decline and dementia. The evidence that risk factors for vascular disease—hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus—increase the incidence of dementia supports a prevention campaign now.