Title |
The epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in community-living seniors: protocol of the MemoVie cohort study, Luxembourg
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-519 |
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Authors |
Magali Perquin, Anne-Marie Schuller, Michel Vaillant, Nico Diederich, Alexandre Bisdorff, Jean-Claude Leners, Marylène D’Incau, Jean-Luc Ludewig, Danielle Hoffmann, Dirk Ulbricht, Stephanie Thoma, René Dondelinger, Paul Heuschling, Sophie Couffignal, Jean-François Dartigues, Marie-Lise Lair |
Abstract |
Cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are increasingly considered a major public health problem. The MemoVie cohort study aims to investigate the living conditions or risk factors under which the normal cognitive capacities of the senior population in Luxembourg (≥ 65 year-old) evolve (1) to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) - transitory non-clinical stage - and (2) to AD. Identifying MCI and AD predictors undeniably constitutes a challenge in public health in that it would allow interventions which could protect or delay the occurrence of cognitive disorders in elderly people. In addition, the MemoVie study sets out to generate hitherto unavailable data, and a comprehensive view of the elderly population in the country. |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
United States | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 184 | 99% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 17% |
Student > Master | 26 | 14% |
Researcher | 22 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 15 | 8% |
Other | 29 | 16% |
Unknown | 45 | 24% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 25% |
Psychology | 24 | 13% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 8% |
Neuroscience | 9 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Other | 25 | 13% |
Unknown | 61 | 33% |