Молодежный инновационный вестникМолодежный инновационный вестник2415-7805Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Воронежский государственный медицинский университет имени Н.Н. Бурденко" Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации9551UnclassifiedAwareness of medical University students about the essence of the concepts of memory, dementia and its non-drug preventionTskhvitavaTedotedotskhvitava@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0009-0004-5369-6053MkrtychevaKarine Borisovna<p>PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic and Social Theory</p>kasya--21@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-8583-2524Rostov State Medical University1904202413S14484511402202412052024Copyright © 2024, Tskhvitava T., Mkrtycheva K.B.2024<p><em>Introduction. The problem of dementia is currently one of the main directions in perspective medicine, due to the global aging of the population and the increasing spread of diseases of decrepit organs. Dementia is one of the main causes of death among the elderly population and their disability and the need for someone's help. On average, women are more likely to suffer from dementia. Today, medicine cannot offer a panacea for dementia, but there is findings of ways to prevent it without medication. The goal of this study is to explore the medical university students level of knowledge in memory, dementia and its prevention, as well as its relationship with gender. Materials and methods. The study was conducted by questionnaire. The analysis used the method of comparing the obtained data from two groups: girls and boys; the sample totaled 374 respondents. Results. Data were collected among two groups, an analysis of their responses was carried out, during which it became clear that girls had a better understanding of the essence of the concept of memory and boys of non-drug prevention of dementia. Conclusions. Medical students have showed a</em><em> sufficiently</em><em> high level of awareness about the essence of memory, dementia and its non-drug prevention, the differences between the two groups in most cases are insignificant.</em></p>dementiamemorypreventionawarenessstudentsдеменцияпамятьпрофилактикаосведомленностьстуденты1.Доклад о состоянии мер общественного здравоохранения по борьбе с деменцией в мире: резюме [Global status report on the public health response to dementia: еxecutive summary]. Женева: Всемирная организация здравоохранения; 2021. Лицензия: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. URL: http://apps.who.int/iris.2.Шишковская, Е. В. Роль физических нагрузок в профилактике деменции / Е. В. Шишковская // Научный альманах. – 2019. – № 12-3(62). – С. 116-118. – EDN HPSYKU.3.Михалева, А. А. Профилактика сенильной деменции альцгеймеровского типа / А. А. Михалева // Научный аспект. – 2020. – Т. 4, № 4. – С. 485-489. – EDN CBATHU.4.Гельман, В. Я. О компенсации влияния развития информационно-коммуникационных технологий на когнитивные функции / В. Я. Гельман // Психолог. – 2023. – № 3. – С. 28-37. – DOI 10.25136/2409-8701.2023.3.38980. – EDN RTWADI.5.Захаров, В. В. Профилактика деменции у пациентов с умеренными когнитивными нарушениями / В. В. Захаров, М. С. Новикова, Н. В. Вахнина // Журнал неврологии и психиатрии им. C.C. Корсакова. – 2020. – Т. 120, № 8. – С. 167-174. – DOI 10.17116/jnevro2020120081167. – EDN JPABUP.6.Батмитова, Р. Р. Деменция у пожилых людей как актуальная проблема современности / Р. Р. Батмитова // Евразийское Научное Объединение. – 2018. – № 6-2(40). – С. 118-120. – EDN YUOAGL.