Barriers to brain health behaviours: results from the Five Lives Brain Health Ireland Survey.

ABSTRACT: Modifiable risk factors for dementia remain prevalent in Ireland. A detailed examination of barriers to risk reduction behaviours in an Irish context has heretofore been lacking. Many existing studies examining barriers to brain health behaviours fail to examine how they might vary across different modifiable risk factors. This study undertook a detailed assessment of barriers to individual risk reduction behaviours. As existing research suggests that barriers may vary across sociodemographic factors, we sought to investigate the distribution of barriers across age, gender, educational status, and household income. The Five Lives Brain Health Ireland Survey is a cross-sectional survey that was distributed online amongst a non-patient population. The survey captured the following: (1) Socio

SUBMITTER: Dukelow T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10483831 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature