Dementia in Migrants Living in Italy: Promoting a Diversity-sensitive Clinical Approach and Provision of Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 3,000
- 主要终点
- Global cognitive functioning
研究概览
简要总结
The number of older migrants with cognitive impairment and dementia living in Italy and attending national healthcare services is rapidly increasing. There is a need to develop diversity-sensitive policies and practices to include migrants and people with different cultural values in the public health response to dementia.
详细描述
Based on the gaps and barriers identified by the ImmiDem study (GR-2016-02364975), the present project aims to:
i) Describe the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of migrants with cognitive disorders living in Italy, their health outcomes, and their access to healthcare resources; ii) develop and disseminate screening and assessment tools allowing the cross-cultural cognitive examination of individuals with a migration background; iii) raise awareness about dementia among culturally diverse people and train healthcare professionals in how to provide culturally competent care and support for migrants with cognitive disorders.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Migrant (person who was not born in Italy) attending an Italian CCDD;
- •Presence of a cognitive impairment.
排除标准
- •A person without any cognitive impairment.
结局指标
主要结局
Global cognitive functioning
时间窗: Baseline
Global cognitive functioning will be assessed through the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS). This is a short cognitive screening instrument designed to minimise the effects of cultural learning and language diversity on the assessment of baseline cognitive performance. The score ranges from 0 to 30. Higher scores indicate better cognitive functioning.
次要结局
- Frailty(Baseline)
- Risk factors(Baseline)
研究者
Marco Canevelli
Principal Investigator
Istituto Superiore di Sanità