World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia.
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Journal Article
Abstract
Reducing the risk of dementia can halt the worldwide increase of affected people. The multifactorial and heterogeneous nature of late-onset dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), indicates a potential impact of multidomain lifestyle interventions on risk reduction. The positive results of the landmark multidomain Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) support such an approach. The World-Wide FINGERS (WW-FINGERS), launched in 2017 and including over 25 countries, is the first global network of multidomain lifestyle intervention trials for dementia risk reduction and prevention. WW-FINGERS aims to adapt, test, and optimize the FINGER model to reduce risk across the spectrum of cognitive decline-from at-risk asymptomatic states to early symptomatic stages-in different geographical, cultural, and economic settings. WW-FINGERS aims to harmonize and adapt multidomain interventions across various countries and settings, to facilitate data sharing and analysis across studies, and to promote international joint initiatives to identify globally implementable and effective preventive strategies.
Date Issued
2020-07
Date Acceptance
2020-04-30
Start Page
1078
End Page
1094
Journal / Book Title
Alzheimers Dement
Volume
16
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.© 2020 The Authors. Alzheimer’s & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Alzheimer’s Association
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32627328
Subjects
Alzheimer's disease
World-Wide FINGERS
cognitive impairment
dementia
lifestyle
multidomain intervention
prevention
randomized controlled trial
1103 Clinical Sciences
1109 Neurosciences
Geriatrics
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States