Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE)
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The PRIDE study aims to identify how social and lifestyle changes may help reduce the risk of developing dementia and disability and to better understand the social consequences of dementia. The study also aims to develop and evaluate an effective social intervention (e.g. physical activity, use of computers) to support independence and quality of life for people with early-stage dementia and their carers. The study is a 5-year project which began in 2014 and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
The UCL HBRC department is involved in the first of the five work packages which involve analysing longitudinal changes in lifestyle, cognition and ageing using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Data analysis is ongoing and due to be completed in March 2019.
Principal Investigator: Professor Martin Orrell and Professor Andrew Steptoe
Contact: Dr Emese Csipke (e.csipke@ucl.ac.uk)
Collaborators: University of Nottingham, Loughborough University, University of East Anglia, University of Hull, The University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Maastricht University (Netherlands), Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina - UNISUL (Brazil), Age Concern Havering, Dementia UK, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), Interdem (Early Detection and Timely INTERvention in DEMentia).
