Inclusion of Vietnamese Americans: Opportunities to understand dementia disparities.

ABSTRACT: There is a dearth of research on cognitive aging and dementia in Asian Americans, particularly Vietnamese Americans, who are the fourth largest Asian subgroup in the United States. The National Institutes of Health is mandated to make certain that racially and ethnically diverse populations are included in clinical research. Despite the widespread recognition to ensure that research findings can be generalizable to all groups, there are no estimates of the prevalence or incidence of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in Vietnamese Americans, nor do we understand ADRD risk and protective factors in this group. In this article, we posit that studying Vietnamese Americans contributes to a better understanding of ADRD in general and offers unique opp

SUBMITTER: Meyer OL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10209515 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature