Awareness of dementia risk reduction among current and future healthcare professionals: A survey study.
Awareness of dementia risk reduction among current and future healthcare professionals: A survey study.
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DOI：
10.4081/jphr.2021.1961
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发表时间：
2021-03-09
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Deckers K
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作者：
De Krom FJW;Sivananthan S;Alkhotany F;Celen M;Hol IE;Houben KJG;Sivananthan P;Koekebakker H;Deckers K
背景：全球痴呆症患者总数正在迅速增加。最近的研究为可改变的风险和保护因素对痴呆风险的贡献提供了证据。虽然医疗保健专业人员可以在告知公众生活方式与痴呆症之间的关系方面发挥重要作用，但目前还不清楚他们对这种关系的了解。因此，本研究评估了当前和未来医疗保健专业人员对降低痴呆风险的认识。设计和方法：在荷兰林布尔格的马斯特里赫特大学的182名保健专业学生和20名全科医生（GP）和实习护士中进行了一项在线调查。该调查评估了有关痴呆症风险和保护因素的知识，并确定了有关降低痴呆症风险战略的需求，愿望和障碍。结果：大多数当前（75.0%）和未来（81.9%）的医疗保健专业人员表示痴呆风险降低是可能的。在学生中，对痴呆症的心血管危险因素的认识（例如，冠心病（44.5%）、高血压（53.8%）发生率低。大多数参与者（> 70.0%）希望获得更多有关降低痴呆风险的信息。结论：大多数当前和未来的医疗保健专业人员都知道生活方式和痴呆风险之间的关系。然而，关于个体痴呆症风险因素的知识仍然存在很大差距。考虑到医疗保健专业人员在提供生活方式建议方面的重要作用，有必要通过提供专注于降低痴呆风险的教育计划来提高认识。 由于全球痴呆症患者的数量正在增加，痴呆症是一个主要的公共卫生问题。由于目前还没有治疗痴呆症的方法，最近的研究集中在生活方式因素对痴呆症风险的影响上。累积的证据表明，吸烟、高血压和抑郁等可改变的风险因素可归因于约40%的痴呆症病例。然而，大多数公众不知道生活方式和痴呆症风险之间的关系。尽管当前和未来的医疗保健专业人员在向公众宣传这种关系方面发挥着重要作用，但本研究表明，对痴呆症特定风险因素的认识存在差距。因此，迫切需要教育计划来提高当前和未来医疗保健专业人员对降低痴呆风险的认识。
Background: The total number of people affected by dementia worldwide is increasing rapidly. Recent studies provided evidence for the contribution of modifiable risk and protective factors to dementia risk. Although healthcare professionals could play an essential role in informing the general public about the relationship between lifestyle and dementia, it is unclear what they know about this relationship. Therefore, this study assesses the awareness of dementia risk reduction among current and future healthcare professionals. Design and methods: An online survey was carried out among 182 healthcare students from Maastricht University and 20 general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses in Limburg, The Netherlands. The survey assessed the knowledge about risk and protective factors of dementia and identified needs, wishes and barriers concerning dementia risk reduction strategies. Results: The majority of current (75.0%) and future (81.9%) healthcare professionals indicated that dementia risk reduction is possible. Among students, awareness of cardiovascular risk factors of dementia (e.g., coronary heart disease (44.5%), hypertension (53.8%)) was low. Most participants (>70.0%) would like to receive more information about dementia risk reduction. Conclusions: The majority of current and future healthcare professionals were aware of the relationship between lifestyle and dementia risk. However, there are still substantial gaps in knowledge regarding individual dementia risk factors. Given the essential role of healthcare professionals in providing lifestyle advice, there is a need to increase awareness by providing educational programs focused on dementia risk reduction. Since the number of individuals with dementia is increasing worldwide, dementia is a major public health concern. As there is no curative treatment for dementia yet, recent research has focused on the contribution of lifestyle factors to dementia risk. Cumulating evidence has shown that modifiable risk factors such as smoking, hypertension and depression are attributable to around 40% of all dementia cases. However, the majority of the general public is unaware of the relationship between lifestyle and dementia risk. Although current and future healthcare professionals play an important role in informing the general public about this relationship, the present study showed that there are gaps in knowledge on specific risk factors for dementia. Therefore, educational programs are urgently needed to increase awareness of dementia risk reduction among current and future healthcare professionals.
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