Dementia research fit for the planet: Reflections on population studies of dementia for researchers and policy makers alike

Brayne, Carol E., Barnes, L. E., Breteler, M. M. B., Brooks, R. L., Dufouil, C., Fox, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9480-5704, Fratiglioni, Laura, Ikram, M. A., Kenny, R. A., Kivipelto, M., Lobo, A., Musicco, M., Qiu, C., Richard, E., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Ritchie, C., Skoog, I., Stephan, B. C. M., Venneri, A. and Matthews, F. E. (2020) Dementia research fit for the planet: Reflections on population studies of dementia for researchers and policy makers alike. Neuroepidemiology, 54 (2). 157–170. ISSN 0251-5350

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Abstract

In recent years, a rapidly increasing collection of investigative methods in addition to changes in diagnostic criteria for dementia have followed “high-tech” trends in medicine, with the aim to better define the dementia syndrome and its biological substrates, mainly in order to predict risk prior to clinical expression. These approaches are not without challenge. A set of guidelines have been developed by a group of European experts in population-based cohort research through a series of workshops, funded by the Joint Program for Neurodegenerative Disorders (JPND). The aims of the guidelines are to assist policy makers and researchers to understand (1) What population studies for ageing populations should encompass and (2) How to interpret the findings from population studies. Such studies are essential to provide evidence relevant to the understanding of healthy and frail brain ageing, including the dementia syndrome for contemporary and future societies by drawing on the past.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: cohorts,dementia,guidelines,population-based studies,epidemiology,clinical neurology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2713
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Mental Health
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Institute for Volunteering Research
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2020 05:10
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2023 09:32
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73995
DOI: 10.1159/000505626

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