Factors Associated with Dementia in Aboriginal Australians

Smith, Kate; Flicker, Leon; Dwyer, Anna; Atkinson, David; Almeida, Osvaldo P.; Lautenschlager, Nicola T.; LoGiudice, Dina

doi:10.3109/00048674.2010.491816

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“…A 2010 study identified older age and male gender as the non-modifiable factors associated with dementia. Lack of formal schooling, head injury, smoking, stroke and epilepsy were the modifiable factors associated with high rates of dementia for indigenous Australians [20]. The above mentioned longitudinal study found an association between stroke, head injury, analgesic medication, low BMI and high blood pressure and the decline from normal cognition to cognitive impairment or dementia [16].…”

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Dementia in Indigenous Populations

Catania¹,

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2017

J Neurol Disord

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Dementia in Indigenous Populations

Catania¹,

Panegyres²

2017

J Neurol Disord

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“…The source of such variations may lie in genetic or environmental factors. The latter is particularly likely for some populations, for example levels of smoking, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions are high among aboriginal Australians and are likely to have an elevating effect on modern rates of dementia in comparison to levels prior to European contact (Smith et al 2010). However other sources of variation may derive from methodological differences between studies (Catindig et al, 2011) and /or cultural differences where signs of dementia may often be regarded as normal aspects of ageing and are therefore going undiagnosed (Kalaria et al, 2008).…”

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An Age Old Problem? Estimating the Impact of Dementia on Past Human Populations

2016

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Abstract:Objectives: To model the impact of dementia on past societies. Methods: We consider multople lines of evidence indicating elderly individuals to have been more common throughout the past than is frequently accepted. We then apply known dementia incidence/ prevalence rates to plausible assumptions of past population structures to suggest prevalence in the past. Results: Dementia prevalence in pre-modern societies is likely to have been around 5% of the rate seen in modern, developed countries, but with a total past incidence running into billions. Discussion: Dementia is often seen as a 'modern' challenge which humans have not had to contend with before. We argue that this condition has had considerably greater effects than previously envisaged and is a challenge that humans have already withstood successfully, on one hand at a lower incidence but on the other without the considerable clinical, technological and social advances that have been made in recent times.http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jah Journal of Aging and Health F o r P e e r R e v i e w An age old problem? Estimating the impact of dementia on past human populations IntroductionThe cumulative effects of advances in medicine, sanitation and diets seen in the developed world over the last two centuries are a well-rehearsed story. First infectious diseases that previously resulted in frequent and sustained high mortality rates were effectively eradicated, followed more recently by lifestyle changes which reduced the risks of the cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases that came in their wake. As a result affluent regions are now characterised by populations with growing susceptibility to chronic conditions associated with ageing. As a category of disease that is incurable and which commonly increases in incidence with advancing age dementia is just such a condition.

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“…Further, effective strategies need to be based upon each community's understanding of dementia and suggestions for culturally appropriate education about how to prevent and modify these risks, access culturally safe healthcare services, counter discrimination and stigma, and provide within-community care. 7,9,[18][19][20][21][22] Published studies, although few, document valuable descriptions of the behaviours and psychiatric symptoms associated with dementia by mainland and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous peoples. However, these studies also illustrate Indigenous peoples' limited understanding of how such behaviours and symptoms relate to dementia, the causes of dementia, and how dementia differs from depression, delirium and other neurological diseases.…”

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“…5,[18][19][20]24,25 These sessions gathered information to guide future community-based training and education. The 38 women and 12 men who participated ranged in age from 22 to 85 years (M = 46.4 ± 16).…”

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