People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey
Brain health entails mental wellbeing and cognitive health in the absence of brain disorders. The past decade has seen an explosion of tests, cognitive and biological, to predict various brain conditions, such as Alzheimer's Disease. In line with these current developments, we investigated peop...
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| author | Rebecca B. Carver Nanna Alida Grit Fredheim Athanasia Monika Mowinckel Klaus P. Ebmeier Barbara Bodorkos Friedman Tor Atle Rosness Christian A. Drevon Christian A. Drevon Sana Suri Sana Suri William F. C. Baaré Eniko Zsoldos Eniko Zsoldos Cristina Solé-Padullés David Bartrés-Faz David Bartrés-Faz Paolo Ghisletta Paolo Ghisletta Paolo Ghisletta Laura Nawijn Sandra Düzel Kathrine Skak Madsen Kathrine Skak Madsen Anders M. Fjell Ulman Lindenberger Ulman Lindenberger Kristine B. Walhovd Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne |
| author_facet | Rebecca B. Carver Nanna Alida Grit Fredheim Athanasia Monika Mowinckel Klaus P. Ebmeier Barbara Bodorkos Friedman Tor Atle Rosness Christian A. Drevon Christian A. Drevon Sana Suri Sana Suri William F. C. Baaré Eniko Zsoldos Eniko Zsoldos Cristina Solé-Padullés David Bartrés-Faz David Bartrés-Faz Paolo Ghisletta Paolo Ghisletta Paolo Ghisletta Laura Nawijn Sandra Düzel Kathrine Skak Madsen Kathrine Skak Madsen Anders M. Fjell Ulman Lindenberger Ulman Lindenberger Kristine B. Walhovd Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne |
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| description | Brain health entails mental wellbeing and cognitive health in the absence of brain disorders. The past decade has seen an explosion of tests, cognitive and biological, to predict various brain conditions, such as Alzheimer's Disease. In line with these current developments, we investigated people's willingness and reasons to—or not to—take a hypothetical brain health test to learn about risk of developing a brain disease, in a cross-sectional multilanguage online survey. The survey was part of the Global Brain Health Survey, open to the public from 4th June 2019 to 31st August 2020. Respondents were largely recruited via European brain councils and research organizations. 27,590 people responded aged 18 years or older and were predominantly women (71%), middle-aged or older (>40 years; 83%), and highly educated (69%). Responses were analyzed to explore the relationship between demographic variables and responses.ResultsWe found high public interest in brain health testing: over 91% would definitely or probably take a brain health test and 86% would do so even if it gave information about a disease that cannot be treated or prevented. The main reason for taking a test was the ability to respond if one was found to be at risk of brain disease, such as changing lifestyle, seeking counseling or starting treatment. Higher interest in brain health testing was found in men, respondents with lower education levels and those with poor self-reported cognitive health.ConclusionHigh public interest in brain health and brain health testing in certain segments of society, coupled with an increase of commercial tests entering the market, is likely to put pressure on public health systems to inform the public about brain health testing in years to come. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f68a8bb158334ffc8985b4fbca05514f2022-12-22T03:25:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-10-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.998302998302People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional surveyRebecca B. Carver0Nanna Alida Grit Fredheim1Athanasia Monika Mowinckel2Klaus P. Ebmeier3Barbara Bodorkos Friedman4Tor Atle Rosness5Christian A. Drevon6Christian A. Drevon7Sana Suri8Sana Suri9William F. C. Baaré10Eniko Zsoldos11Eniko Zsoldos12Cristina Solé-Padullés13David Bartrés-Faz14David Bartrés-Faz15Paolo Ghisletta16Paolo Ghisletta17Paolo Ghisletta18Laura Nawijn19Sandra Düzel20Kathrine Skak Madsen21Kathrine Skak Madsen22Anders M. Fjell23Ulman Lindenberger24Ulman Lindenberger25Kristine B. Walhovd26Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne27Department of Communication, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwaySchool of Communication, Leadership and Marketing, Kristiania University College, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Psychology, Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayReviews and Health Technology Assessments Cluster, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayDepartment Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Institute Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayVitas AS, Oslo Science Park, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomDanish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomWellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom0Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences & Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain0Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences & Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain1Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain2Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland3UniDistance Suisse, Brig, Switzerland4Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland5Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands6Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, GermanyDanish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager and Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark7Radiography, Department of Technology, University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Psychology, Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway8Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany9Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Psychology, Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway0Department of Food Safety, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayBrain health entails mental wellbeing and cognitive health in the absence of brain disorders. The past decade has seen an explosion of tests, cognitive and biological, to predict various brain conditions, such as Alzheimer's Disease. In line with these current developments, we investigated people's willingness and reasons to—or not to—take a hypothetical brain health test to learn about risk of developing a brain disease, in a cross-sectional multilanguage online survey. The survey was part of the Global Brain Health Survey, open to the public from 4th June 2019 to 31st August 2020. Respondents were largely recruited via European brain councils and research organizations. 27,590 people responded aged 18 years or older and were predominantly women (71%), middle-aged or older (>40 years; 83%), and highly educated (69%). Responses were analyzed to explore the relationship between demographic variables and responses.ResultsWe found high public interest in brain health testing: over 91% would definitely or probably take a brain health test and 86% would do so even if it gave information about a disease that cannot be treated or prevented. The main reason for taking a test was the ability to respond if one was found to be at risk of brain disease, such as changing lifestyle, seeking counseling or starting treatment. Higher interest in brain health testing was found in men, respondents with lower education levels and those with poor self-reported cognitive health.ConclusionHigh public interest in brain health and brain health testing in certain segments of society, coupled with an increase of commercial tests entering the market, is likely to put pressure on public health systems to inform the public about brain health testing in years to come.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.998302/fullpublic perspectivespublic healthbrain healthmental healthwellbeingpredictive testing |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca B. Carver Nanna Alida Grit Fredheim Athanasia Monika Mowinckel Klaus P. Ebmeier Barbara Bodorkos Friedman Tor Atle Rosness Christian A. Drevon Christian A. Drevon Sana Suri Sana Suri William F. C. Baaré Eniko Zsoldos Eniko Zsoldos Cristina Solé-Padullés David Bartrés-Faz David Bartrés-Faz Paolo Ghisletta Paolo Ghisletta Paolo Ghisletta Laura Nawijn Sandra Düzel Kathrine Skak Madsen Kathrine Skak Madsen Anders M. Fjell Ulman Lindenberger Ulman Lindenberger Kristine B. Walhovd Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey Frontiers in Public Health public perspectives public health brain health mental health wellbeing predictive testing |
| title | People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey |
| title_full | People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey |
| title_fullStr | People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey |
| title_short | People's interest in brain health testing: Findings from an international, online cross-sectional survey |
| title_sort | people s interest in brain health testing findings from an international online cross sectional survey |
| topic | public perspectives public health brain health mental health wellbeing predictive testing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.998302/full |
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