College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Queensland Health, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2021 Jun;40(2):e125-e132. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12878. Epub 2020 Nov 10.
To examine the prevalence of dementia and problems associated with ageing in the Torres Strait.
The study was conducted across all 18 island and 5 mainland communities in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area of Far North Queensland. Participants underwent a comprehensive health assessment and a Geriatrician assessment, which were used to establish consensus diagnoses.
A total of 276 Torres Strait residents aged between 45 and 93 participated in the study. The prevalence of dementia in the sample was 14.2%, which was 2.87 times higher than the wider Australian population.
Torres Strait Islander peoples share the increased risk of dementia seen in Aboriginal Australians compared to the wider community. This highlights the need for interventions to address this increased dementia risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
调查托雷斯海峡地区痴呆症和与老龄化相关问题的流行情况。
该研究在昆士兰州北部托雷斯海峡和北半岛地区的 18 个岛屿和 5 个大陆社区进行。参与者接受了全面的健康评估和老年病学家评估，这些评估用于确定共识诊断。
共有 276 名年龄在 45 至 93 岁之间的托雷斯海峡居民参加了这项研究。该样本中痴呆症的患病率为 14.2%，是更广泛的澳大利亚人口的 2.87 倍。
与更广泛的社区相比，托雷斯海峡岛民与澳大利亚原住民一样，面临着更高的痴呆症风险。这凸显了需要采取干预措施来解决原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民社区的这种痴呆症风险增加问题。
