🧵(3/3)
This collaborative research is supported by @icbmuchile.bsky.social & @uchile.bsky.social
Research contributions by: @aslachevsky.bsky.social and many more!
#BSEA
Posts by Andrea Slachevsky Chonchol
Key Findings🧵(2/3):
🟣Activities of daily living were differentially affected, with higher-order activities showing greater vulnerability
🟣Targeted interventions to reduce neuropsychiatric symptoms may help preserve functional independence in ageing Latin American populations
New research on the Chilean GERO cohort in #BSEA!
Key Findings🧵(1/3):
🟣Cohort is low-educated, community dwelling older adults with cognitive complaints
🟣Neuropsychiatric symptoms were stronger predictors of function than cognitive performance
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks for the invitation to discuss public policy on dementia in Chile @istaart.bsky.social @alzassociation.bsky.social @uchile.bsky.social
Cada enero en Palabra Pública pedimos recomendaciones para leer, ver, visitar y escuchar en vacaciones. Este año, más de veinte escritores, profesores, científicos, artistas, ensayistas y periodistas comparten sus sugerencias para este verano. 👉 bit.ly/3Ct72th
Allostasis: a framework linking the level of chronic psychological stress with the level of dysfunction of interoceptive & predictive mechanisms leading to allostatic overload. This contributes to the high comorbidity between mental health problems & general medical conditions