Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Because of the worldwide aging of populations, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias constitute a devastating experience for patients and families as well as a major social and economic burden for both healthcare systems and society. Multiple potentially modifiable cardiovascular and lifestyle r...
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| author | Panagiota Mistridis Jutta Mata Stefan Neuner-Jehle Jean-Marie Annoni Andreas Biedermann Irene Bopp-Kistler Dominique Brand Andrea Brioschi Guevara Hedi Decrey-Wick Jean-François Démonet Ulrich Hemmeter Reto W Kressig Brian Martin Luca Rampa Egemen Savaskan Andreas E. Stuck Philipp Tschopp Dina Zekry Andreas U. Monsch |
| author_facet | Panagiota Mistridis Jutta Mata Stefan Neuner-Jehle Jean-Marie Annoni Andreas Biedermann Irene Bopp-Kistler Dominique Brand Andrea Brioschi Guevara Hedi Decrey-Wick Jean-François Démonet Ulrich Hemmeter Reto W Kressig Brian Martin Luca Rampa Egemen Savaskan Andreas E. Stuck Philipp Tschopp Dina Zekry Andreas U. Monsch |
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Because of the worldwide aging of populations, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias constitute a devastating experience for patients and families as well as a major social and economic burden for both healthcare systems and society. Multiple potentially modifiable cardiovascular and lifestyle risk factors have been associated with this disease. Thus, modifying these risk factors and identifying protective factors represent important strategies to prevent and delay disease onset and to decrease the social burden. Based on the cognitive reserve hypothesis, evidence from epidemiological studies shows that low education and cognitive inactivity constitute major risk factors for dementia. This indicates that a cognitively active lifestyle may protect against cognitive decline or delay the onset of dementia. We describe a newly developed preventive programme, based on this evidence, to stimulate and increase cognitive activity in older adults at risk for cognitive decline. This programme, called “BrainCoach”, includes the technique of “motivational interviewing” to foster behaviour change. If the planned feasibility study is successful, we propose to add BrainCoach as a module to the already existing “Health Coaching” programme, a Swiss preventive programme to address multiple risk factors in primary care.
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| spelling | doaj.art-10ee60b94ded4e128ec718b08dae53442022-12-22T03:55:34ZengSMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW)Swiss Medical Weekly1424-39972017-03-01147091010.4414/smw.2017.14407Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s diseasePanagiota Mistridis0Jutta Mata1Stefan Neuner-Jehle2Jean-Marie Annoni3Andreas Biedermann4Irene Bopp-Kistler5Dominique Brand6Andrea Brioschi Guevara7Hedi Decrey-Wick8Jean-François Démonet9Ulrich Hemmeter10Reto W Kressig11Brian Martin12Luca Rampa13Egemen Savaskan14Andreas E. Stuck15Philipp Tschopp16Dina Zekry17Andreas U. Monsch18Memory Clinic, University Centre for Medicine of Aging, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, SwitzerlandHealth Psychology, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, GermanyInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland; Swiss College of Primary Care Medicine, Fribourg, SwitzerlandNeurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandPublic Health Services, Berne, SwitzerlandMemory Clinic, University Clinic of Geriatrics, Stadtspital Waid, Zurich, SwitzerlandGeneral Practitioner, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Courtelary, SwitzerlandLeenaards Memory Centre, University Hospital Lausanne, SwitzerlandGeneral Practitioner, Corseaux, SwitzerlandLeenaards Memory Centre, University Hospital Lausanne, SwitzerlandPsychiatric Services St Gallen-North, Centre of Education and Research (COEUR), St Gallen, SwitzerlandUniversity of Basel, Switzerland; University Centre for Medicine of Aging, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, SwitzerlandChief Medical Officer of the Canton of Basel-Country, Liestal, SwitzerlandUniversity Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Bern, SwitzerlandUniversity Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Geriatrics, Inselspital, Berne University Hospital, University of Berne, SwitzerlandGeneral Practitioner, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, SwitzerlandMemory Clinic, University Centre for Medicine of Aging, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Switzerland Because of the worldwide aging of populations, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias constitute a devastating experience for patients and families as well as a major social and economic burden for both healthcare systems and society. Multiple potentially modifiable cardiovascular and lifestyle risk factors have been associated with this disease. Thus, modifying these risk factors and identifying protective factors represent important strategies to prevent and delay disease onset and to decrease the social burden. Based on the cognitive reserve hypothesis, evidence from epidemiological studies shows that low education and cognitive inactivity constitute major risk factors for dementia. This indicates that a cognitively active lifestyle may protect against cognitive decline or delay the onset of dementia. We describe a newly developed preventive programme, based on this evidence, to stimulate and increase cognitive activity in older adults at risk for cognitive decline. This programme, called “BrainCoach”, includes the technique of “motivational interviewing” to foster behaviour change. If the planned feasibility study is successful, we propose to add BrainCoach as a module to the already existing “Health Coaching” programme, a Swiss preventive programme to address multiple risk factors in primary care. https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2282Alzheimer’s diseaseBrainCoachcognitive impairmentcognitive reservedementiamotivational interviewing |
| spellingShingle | Panagiota Mistridis Jutta Mata Stefan Neuner-Jehle Jean-Marie Annoni Andreas Biedermann Irene Bopp-Kistler Dominique Brand Andrea Brioschi Guevara Hedi Decrey-Wick Jean-François Démonet Ulrich Hemmeter Reto W Kressig Brian Martin Luca Rampa Egemen Savaskan Andreas E. Stuck Philipp Tschopp Dina Zekry Andreas U. Monsch Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease Swiss Medical Weekly Alzheimer’s disease BrainCoach cognitive impairment cognitive reserve dementia motivational interviewing |
| title | Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease |
| title_full | Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease |
| title_fullStr | Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease |
| title_short | Use it or lose it! Cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease |
| title_sort | use it or lose it cognitive activity as a protective factor for cognitive decline associated with alzheimer s disease |
| topic | Alzheimer’s disease BrainCoach cognitive impairment cognitive reserve dementia motivational interviewing |
| url | https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2282 |
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