Walsh, Sebastian;
Klee, Matthias;
Hui, Esther K;
Saeedd, Usman;
Waters, Sheena;
Siette, Joyce;
Orgeta, Vasiliki;
... Geraets, Anouk FJ; + view all
(2025)
Social determinants of dementia: a scoping review.
Alzheimer's and Dementia
, 21
(7)
, Article e70524. 10.1002/alz.70524.
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Abstract
Dementia risk is influenced by the social conditions in which people live. These social determinants of dementia (SDOD) are potential targets for prevention. We conducted a comprehensive scoping review to identify current evidence on SDOD in two stages: (1) review of systematic reviews on SDOD; and (2) review of primary literature to address identified gaps in the evidence base. Of the 3445 articles screened, 26 reviews and 74 primary studies were included. Evidence from reviews provide clear and consistent patterns for some SDOD (e.g., education, air pollution, socioeconomic status, ethnicity), while evidence for others is still emerging (e.g., housing quality/stability), or lacking entirely (e.g., incarceration). SDOD are important over the life course. Additional evidence is needed for understudied domains and to unravel the complex interactions between determinants, whilst education and air pollution stand out as key targets for public health interventions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Social determinants of dementia: a scoping review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/alz.70524 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70524 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry > Mental Health of Older People |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10210476 |
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