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Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Plain-language summary

Participants exhibited strong awareness of the risks associated with complications and the severity of chronic diseases. However, their understanding of the benefits of health-promoting behaviors and the barriers to accessing care was moderate. Regression analysis identified perceived susceptibility to complications (β = 0.15, P = 0.02) and perceived disease severity (β = 0.17, P = 0.01) as significant predictors of cognitive function. These findings suggest the importance of improving health awareness and promoting physical activity through targeted health education and community interventions to support cognitive health among older adults with chronic conditions. A key limitation of this study is its cross-sectional design and reliance on self-reported data, which may affect the accuracy of the findings. Future research should investigate health behaviors and daily lifestyle practices to develop targeted interventions for dementia prevention and health promotion among older adults with chronic diseases.

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Ounprasertsuk, J., Damuso, S., & Tipwong, A. (2025). Health Awareness and Dementia Risk Among Older Adults with Hypertension and Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study in Thailand. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs-161734

Vancouver

Ounprasertsuk J, Damuso S, Tipwong A. Health Awareness and Dementia Risk Among Older Adults with Hypertension and Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study in Thailand. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. 2025. doi:10.5812/ijpbs-161734.

BibTeX

@article{ounprasertsuk2025-79cfffea,
  author  = {Ounprasertsuk, Jatuporn and Damuso, Sufeeya and Tipwong, Araya},
  title   = {{Health Awareness and Dementia Risk Among Older Adults with Hypertension and Diabetes: A Cross-sectional Study in Thailand}},
  journal = {Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.5812/ijpbs-161734},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs-161734}
}

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Key findings

Participants exhibited strong awareness of the risks associated with complications and the severity of chronic diseases.
However, their understanding of the benefits of health-promoting behaviors and the barriers to accessing care was moderate.
Regression analysis identified perceived susceptibility to complications (β = 0.15, P = 0.02) and perceived disease severity (β = 0.17, P = 0.01) as significant predictors of cognitive function.
These findings suggest the importance of improving health awareness and promoting physical activity through targeted health education and community interventions to support cognitive health among older adults with chronic conditions.
A key limitation of this study is its cross-sectional design and reliance on self-reported data, which may affect the accuracy of the findings.

Why it matters

This cross-sectional study in Thailand found that older adults with hypertension and diabetes had strong awareness of disease complications and severity, but only moderate understanding of the benefits of health-promoting behaviors and barriers to care. Perceived susceptibility to complications and perceived disease severity were significant predictors of cognitive function, suggesting that improving health awareness and promoting physical activity through targeted education may support cognitive health.

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Study details

Study designcross-sectional
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 32/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
Journal's citation record	0 / 4	Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: journal h-index 31 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	4 / 12	A snapshot of people at one point in time
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	4 / 5	2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomized / blinded	0 / 2	No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	1 / 7	Cited 2 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.7 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	2 / 6	Cited 1.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 2 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	0 / 4	Last-listed author Araya Tipwong: h-index 2 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	0 / 3	Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University: institution h-index 62 (OpenAlex)
Multicenter collaboration	0 / 3	OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed	1 / 2	Not in PubMed, but has a DOI
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	32 / 100	—

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