BACKGROUND Global population is getting older and the prevalence of dementia continuously increases. Understanding the related health beliefs is bound to enable lifestyle-based interventions that maximize public engagement in dementia risk reduction behaviors. The aim of this study was to determine health beliefs on dementia prevention behaviors and lifestyle changes and to determine the factors influencing these beliefs among middle-aged and older people in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 284 individuals aged 40 years and older, using nonprobability convenience sampling. Data were collected using a demographic characteristic form and the Turkish version of the Motivation for Changing Lifestyle and Health Behavior for Reducing the Risk of Dementia scale. The study utilized the value, mean, percentage frequency distribution, correlation, independent t test, and the one-way analysis of variance test. RESULTS The mean age of the participants included in the study was 56.99 ± 12.05, 68.7% of individuals were males. The mean education years of the participants were 11.22 ± 4.55. The majority (72.2%) of participants expressed subjective memory complaints. Presence of family history of dementia was 28.2%. Age, gender, education years, subjective memory complaints, presence family history of dementia, prior experience as a caregiver of dementia, and willingness to know their own risk were determined as essential factors that influence several health belief factors related to dementia risk reduction. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that males, older adults, and lower-educated and income are priority groups that should be guided for lifestyle and behavioral changes regarding dementia risk reduction.

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确定中老年人的健康观念，以改变生活方式和健康行为以降低痴呆症风险。

背景技术全球人口正在老龄化并且痴呆症的患病率持续增加。了解相关的健康观念必将使基于生活方式的干预措施最大化，公众可以参与减少痴呆症风险的行为。这项研究的目的是确定关于痴呆症预防行为和生活方式改变的健康信念，并确定影响土耳其中年和老年人这些信念的因素。材料与方法这项描述性和横断面研究是对284位40岁及40岁以上的个体进行的，采用了非概率便利抽样。使用人口统计学特征表和土耳其语版的“改变生活方式和健康行为动机以降低痴呆风险量表”收集数据。研究利用了价值，均值，频率分布百分比，相关性，独立t检验和方差检验的单向分析。结果研究的参与者平均年龄为56.99±12.05，其中68.7％为男性。参与者的平均受教育年限是11.22±4.55。大多数参与者（72.2％）表示主观记忆投诉。痴呆症家族史的发生率为28.2％。年龄，性别，受教育年限，主观记忆投诉，痴呆症患者的家族史，曾经做过痴呆症护理者的经验以及是否愿意了解自己的风险被确定为影响与痴呆症风险降低相关的几种健康信念因素的必要因素。结论我们的发现表明，男性，老年人，