Knowledge and practice of healthy behaviors for dementia and stroke prevention in a United States cohort.

Clicks: 60
ID: 282160
2025
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Emerging

Ranked #1,586 of 1,628 articles by views in Scientific reports

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 1,628 in total.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
At least 45% of dementia and 60% of stroke cases are due to modifiable risk factors and could in part be prevented through healthy behavior. This cross-sectional study clustered and characterized a U.S. cohort's knowledge and practice of healthy behavior associated with dementia and stroke. A total of 1,478 participants (mean age: 45.5 years, 51.8% female) were included. A hierarchical cluster analysis was performed to identify clusters based on the level of knowledge and practice of healthy behavior. We defined knowledge as recognizing eight modifiable risk factors (alcohol, diet, smoking, physical activity, sleep, stress, social relationships, and purpose in life) as important. We defined practice as complying with validated recommendations for each healthy behavior. Three clusters emerged: (I) high knowledge and poor practice (II) high knowledge and good practice, and (III) lower knowledge and poor practice. Participants in the high knowledge and good practice cluster were statistically significantly older, more educated, perceived fewer barriers (financial and time limitations), and more facilitators (motivation or knowing someone with dementia or stroke) compared to the other clusters. Our findings could assist in tailoring preventative strategies to enhance knowledge, translating knowledge into practice, and addressing particular facilitators and barriers per identified cluster.
Reference Key
senff2025knowledge Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Senff, Jasper R; Tack, Reinier W P; Tan, Benjamin Y Q; Prapiadou, Savvina; Kimball, Tamara N; Ng, Sharon; Duskin, Jonathan; Shah-Ostrowski, Mark Jun; Nunley, Courtney; Brouwers, H Bart; Chemali, Zeina; Fricchione, Gregory; Tanzi, Rudolph E; Pouwels, Koen; Rosand, Jonathan; Yechoor, Nirupama; Anderson, Christopher D; Singh, Sanjula D
Journal Scientific reports
Year 2025
DOI
10.1038/s41598-025-99246-8
URL
Keywords
Prevention dementia stroke Practice knowledge healthy behaviors

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.