Publications by authors named "Lion M. Soons"
Introduction: Recruitment of participants for intervention studies is challenging. We evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of a participant recruitment campaign through an online registry for the FINGER-NL study, a multi-domain lifestyle intervention trial targeting cognitively healthy individuals aged 60-79 with dementia prevention potential. Additionally, we explored which recruitment strategy successfully reached individuals from underrepresented groups in research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hearing loss (HL) and visual loss (VL) are recently identified as promising dementia risk factors, but long-term studies with adequate control of other modifiable dementia risk factors are lacking. This 25-year follow-up study investigated the association between objectively measured HL and VL with cognitive decline and incident dementia.
Methods: 1823 participants (age 24-82 years) of the Maastricht Aging Study were assessed at baseline, 6, 12 and 25 years.
Background: Evidence on the effectiveness of multidomain lifestyle interventions to prevent cognitive decline in older people without dementia is mixed. Embedded in the World-Wide FINGERS initiative, FINGER-NL aims to investigate the effectiveness of a 2-year multidomain lifestyle intervention on cognitive functioning in older Dutch at risk individuals.
Methods: Multi-center, randomized, controlled, multidomain lifestyle intervention trial with a duration of 24 months.
Introduction: Hearing loss (HL) has been associated with cognitive decline and dementia. We examined the temporal association between prevalent and incident HL and cognitive change.
Methods: A total of 1823 participants (24-82 years) from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS) were assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 years, including pure-tone audiometry.
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- A study looked into factors that can help reduce the risk of dementia and checked if the "LIBRA" score needs updating!
- After reviewing many research studies and getting input from experts, they found six important factors, but highlighted three: hearing problems, social contact, and sleep!
- The study suggests that it's important to keep updating the ways we measure dementia risk, and future work will check how well the new LIBRA score works!
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- Sleep disturbances are linked to cognitive decline and an increased risk of dementia, but previous studies lacked long-term follow-up and thorough assessments.
- The Maastricht Aging Study investigated the relationship between self-reported sleep quality and cognitive decline over 12 years in a diverse sample of 1,823 cognitively healthy participants aged 24 to 82.
- Findings revealed that poorer sleep quality was related to a faster decline in processing speed and, for those over 65, also in verbal memory, indicating that self-reported sleep issues can significantly impact cognitive health over time.