Cross-sectional survey of attitudes and beliefs towards dementia risk reduction among Australian older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about what drives older adults' motivation to change their behaviour and whether that is associated with their personal dementia risk profile. Our aims were to (i) understand what sociodemographic factors are associated with older Australians' motivation to change behaviour to reduce their dementia risk, and (ii) explore the relationship between socio-demographic factors and motivation to reduce dementia risk with health- and lifestyle-based dementia risk scores in older adults.

Methods

A cross-sectional online postal or telephone survey was administered to community-dwelling older adults in New South Wales, Australia between January and March 2021. Measures included socioeconomic status, locality, and health status, the Motivation to Change Lifest

SUBMITTER: Siette J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature