Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias

The increase of the elderly population with a significant load of non-communicable diseases, accelerates pathological aging and increases the risk of dementia, generating a huge health, social and economic cost for any country. Dementia does not have an effective treatment yet, therefore, the focus...

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Autores principales: Godoy,Juan A., Ríos L.,Carola, Venegas A.,Pía, López R.,Carolina, Álvarez,José Luis, Labbé,Tomás P., Ramírez M.,Camila, Ríos,Juvenal A.
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2020
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720200007010182020-10-09Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demenciasGodoy,Juan A.Ríos L.,CarolaVenegas A.,PíaLópez R.,CarolinaÁlvarez,José LuisLabbé,Tomás P.Ramírez M.,CamilaRíos,Juvenal A. Telemedicine Alzheimer's Disease Cognitive Dysfunction Dementia The increase of the elderly population with a significant load of non-communicable diseases, accelerates pathological aging and increases the risk of dementia, generating a huge health, social and economic cost for any country. Dementia does not have an effective treatment yet, therefore, the focus must remain on prevention and early diagnosis. The early stages of dementia are known as mild cognitive impairment; at this stage is still possible to mitigate the progression of the disease, however, health systems worldwide face difficulties to provide universal access to health services, due to a lack of specialists and geographical distances, interfering with the access to healthcare centers. In this scenario, WHO urged countries to implement strategies to democratize and to expand the reach of health institutions. In this document, we briefly review the global and local situation of dementias and discuss some attempts to control their progression by using revolutionary digital tools. We believe the focus should be on the population that is just beginning to show cognitive impairment.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.148 n.7 20202020-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020000701018es10.4067/S0034-98872020000701018
institution Scielo Chile
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language Spanish / Castilian
topic Telemedicine
Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitive Dysfunction
Dementia
spellingShingle Telemedicine
Alzheimer's Disease
Cognitive Dysfunction
Dementia
Godoy,Juan A.
Ríos L.,Carola
Venegas A.,Pía
López R.,Carolina
Álvarez,José Luis
Labbé,Tomás P.
Ramírez M.,Camila
Ríos,Juvenal A.
Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
description The increase of the elderly population with a significant load of non-communicable diseases, accelerates pathological aging and increases the risk of dementia, generating a huge health, social and economic cost for any country. Dementia does not have an effective treatment yet, therefore, the focus must remain on prevention and early diagnosis. The early stages of dementia are known as mild cognitive impairment; at this stage is still possible to mitigate the progression of the disease, however, health systems worldwide face difficulties to provide universal access to health services, due to a lack of specialists and geographical distances, interfering with the access to healthcare centers. In this scenario, WHO urged countries to implement strategies to democratize and to expand the reach of health institutions. In this document, we briefly review the global and local situation of dementias and discuss some attempts to control their progression by using revolutionary digital tools. We believe the focus should be on the population that is just beginning to show cognitive impairment.
author Godoy,Juan A.
Ríos L.,Carola
Venegas A.,Pía
López R.,Carolina
Álvarez,José Luis
Labbé,Tomás P.
Ramírez M.,Camila
Ríos,Juvenal A.
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Ríos L.,Carola
Venegas A.,Pía
López R.,Carolina
Álvarez,José Luis
Labbé,Tomás P.
Ramírez M.,Camila
Ríos,Juvenal A.
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title Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
title_short Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
title_full Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
title_fullStr Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
title_full_unstemmed Oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
title_sort oportunidad en la salud digital: una respuesta al control de las demencias
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2020
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020000701018
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