Publications by authors named "D C LoGiudice"
Objective: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience high rates of dementia, cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND) and associated risk factors. The objective of this paper is to outline baseline audit results of documented dementia, CIND and associated risk factors in patients attending Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs).
Methods: Twelve ACCHOs in urban, regional and remote locations across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia participated in the study.
Importance: With increasing dementia prevalence due to population aging, interpreters are needed to facilitate timely dementia diagnosis by supporting the complex verbal and nonverbal interplay between clinicians and patients during cognitive assessments. However, to our knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have previously evaluated interventions to improve interpreter communication during cognitive assessments for dementia.
Objective: To assess whether online training codesigned by interpreters, clinicians, and multilingual family carers improves the quality of interpreter communication during cognitive assessments for dementia.
Background: Indigenous peoples globally continue to be underrepresented in biomarker, genomic, and biobanking research. The aim of this study was to identify core components of culturally safe and ethical biomarker and genomic research with Indigenous peoples in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the USA.
Methods: A scoping review with a systematic search strategy was conducted utilising electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL and Global Health.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to evaluate intrinsic capacity in older Aboriginal people living in remote Western Australia, highlighting its significance for healthy aging.
- The research involved a longitudinal cohort design, analyzing survey and clinical data from Aboriginal individuals aged 45 and up across six communities and the town of Derby, conducted from 2004 to 2013.
- Key findings indicated that, at baseline, 15.9% of participants had unimpaired intrinsic capacity across all domains, with notable gender differences, and by the follow-up, 24.1% showed decreased capacity while 40.5% maintained or improved their status, with a significant number also having died during the study period.
Introduction: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the First Peoples of Australia. Up to 45% of dementia in these populations is due to potentially modifiable risk factors. The Dementia Prevention and Risk Management Program for Aboriginal Australians (DAMPAA) is an Aboriginal Health Practitioner led programme that aims to reduce cognitive decline and functional impairment in older Aboriginal people.
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