Dementia among migrants and ethnic minorities in Italy: rationale and study protocol of the ImmiDem project.
Age Distribution
Cognition Disorders
/ diagnosis
Critical Pathways
Delivery of Health Care
/ organization & administration
Dementia
/ diagnosis
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Italy
/ epidemiology
Mental Health Services
/ organization & administration
Minority Groups
/ psychology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Prevalence
Transients and Migrants
/ psychology
cognitive disorders
dementia
global health
health inequalities
migration
public health
Journal
BMJ open
ISSN: 2044-6055
Titre abrégé: BMJ Open
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101552874
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 01 2020
07 01 2020
Historique:
entrez:
10
1
2020
pubmed:
10
1
2020
medline:
16
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Due to the ongoing demographic and epidemiological transitions, estimating the phenomenon of dementia in migrants and minority groups, exploring its characteristics and challenges and implementing dedicated healthcare policies, constitute emerging and urgent matters for Western countries. In the present paper we describe the rationale and design of the 'Dementia in immigrants and ethnic minorities living in Italy: clinical-epidemiological aspects and public health perspectives" (ImmiDem) project. Three main aims will be pursued by the ImmiDem project. First, a survey of all Italian dementia services will be conducted with dedicated questionnaires in order to estimate and describe the proportion and characteristics of migrants seeking help for cognitive disturbances. The different clinical approaches for diagnosing dementia and the challenges encountered in the assessment of cognitive functioning and in the provision of care in these groups of individuals will also be investigated. Second, record linkage procedures of data routinely collected in regional Health Information Systems will be conducted in order to identify and monitor migrant individuals with dementia living in the Lazio region. Third, tailored national and local care-coordination pathways and/or good practices dedicated to migrants affected by dementia and cognitive disorders will be identified and promoted. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Italian National Institute of Health (protocol 10749; 5 April 2018). The project was launched in November 2018 and will end in November 2021. The findings of the project will be disseminated through scientific peer-reviewed journals as well as to the public via the Dementia Observatory website (https://demenze.iss.it).
Identifiants
pubmed: 31915167
pii: bmjopen-2019-032765
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032765
pmc: PMC6955488
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e032765Investigateurs
Ilaria Bacigalupo
(I)
Guido Bellomo
(G)
Giuseppe Gervasi
(G)
Francesca Marchetti
(F)
Flavia Mayer
(F)
Monica Mazzola
(M)
Ilaria Palazzesi
(I)
Paola Piscopo
(P)
Mariacristina Porrello
(M)
Emanuela Salvi
(E)
Valerio Zaccaria
(V)
Francesca Zambri
(F)
Giuseppe Bruno
(G)
Martina Valletta
(M)
Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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