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Loneliness among older adults in Latin America, China, and India: prevalence, correlates and association with mortality
(International Journal of Public Health, 2021-03)
This study was designed to explore prevalence and correlates of selfreported
loneliness and to investigate whether loneliness predicts mortality among
older adults (aged 65 or above) in Latin America, China and India.
The ...
Dementia attributable healthcare utilizations in the Caribbean versus United States
(Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2023-11-07)
Despite the high burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias among the Hispanic population worldwide, little is known about how dementia affects healthcare utilizations among this population outside of the US, in ...
Burden of Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease on health service use and outcomes in Latin America
(Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2023-11-03)
Little is known about the burden of parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Latin America. Better understanding of health service use and clinical outcomes in PD is needed to improve its prognosis.
The aim of the ...
Prevalence and impact of neuropsychiatric symptoms in normal aging and neurodegenerative syndromes: A population-based study fromLatin America
(Alzheimer’s Dement, 2023-06-23)
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) are common in neurodegenerative diseases; however, little is known about the prevalence of NPSs in Hispanic populations. Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) are common in neurodegenerative ...
The Nairobi Declaration—Reducing the burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs
(Alzheimer's Association, 2023-03-11)
Delegates of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, representing over 40 countries, met in Nairobi, Kenya, December 5–9 to highlight advances in dementia prevention, diagnosis, ...
Exploring the natural history of intrinsic capacity impairments : longitudinal patterns in the10/66 study
(Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society, 2023)
Intrinsic capacity (IC) is a construct encompassing people's physical and mental abilities. There is an implicit link amongst IC domains: cognition, locomotion, nutrition, sensory and psychological. However, little is known ...
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype, dementia, and memory performance among Caribbean Hispanic versus US populations
(Alzheimer's Association, 2022-06-04)
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is considered the major susceptibility gene for developing Alzheimer's disease. However, the strength of this risk factor is not well established across diverse Hispanic populations. We investigated ...
Latin American initiative for lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline (LatAm-FINGERS): study design and harmonization
(Alzheimer's Association®, 2023-05-19)
Latin American Initiative for Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline (LatAm-FINGERS) is the first non-pharmacological multicenter randomized clinical trial (RCT) to prevent cognitive impairment in Latin America ...