TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rodriguez, Francisca S.
AU  - Hofbauer, Lena M.
AU  - Reppermund, Simone
AU  - Samtani, Suraj
AU  - Röhr, Susanne
TI  - Updating risk and protective factors for dementia in older adults
JO  - Nature reviews / Psychology
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SN  - 2731-0574
CY  - [New York]
PB  - Nature Publishing Group US
M1  - DZNE-2025-00710
SP  - 322 - 335
PY  - 2025
AB  - Promoting good cognitive functioning and preventing dementia in late life are priority actions for many countries with rapidly ageing populations. Although epidemiological research has established some modifiable factors that influence the risk of cognitive impairment (such as low education level, hearing impairment, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity or social isolation), a growing literature suggests further risk and protective factors that might affect cognitive functioning and dementia. In this Review, we examine the potential effects of these less well-established factors, and discuss promotion and prevention strategies at the population and individual levels that might reduce dementia risk in the long term. Reducing financial struggles, neighbourhood deprivation and workplace strain and promoting leisure activities, emotional wellbeing and healthy nutritional styles have emerged as factors that might help to prevent dementia and could be included among priority actions for healthy cognitive ageing.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
DO  - DOI:10.1038/s44159-025-00438-w
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/279182
ER  -