使用舌头压力预测认知衰退:在老年牙科中,一种新的非侵入性查策略用于痴呆症
Sowmya Srinivas1, S Arjun1, Veena More2
1JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, 570015, Karnataka, India.
Acta neurologica Belgica
|October 5, 2025
概括
舌头压力降低,这是口腔虚弱的迹象,与老年人的认知能力下降有关. 这项研究表明,舌头压力测量可以帮助选早期痴呆症,特别是在资源有限的环境中.
科学领域:
- 老年病学和神经病学
- 生物标志物开发 生物标志物开发
- 口腔健康和认知功能
背景情况:
- 认知衰退和痴呆症是老龄化人口的主要公共卫生问题.
- 口腔虚弱,包括舌头压力降低,与认知能力恶化有关.
- 舌头压力作为早期痴呆症生物标志物的潜力尚未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究舌头压力,认知功能,教育和牙之间的联系.
- 评估舌头压力作为一种非侵入性早期痴呆查工具的可行性.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种新的,低成本的舌头压力测量装置.
- 使用蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 评估认知状态.
- 使用机器学习 (决策树分类器) 根据舌头压力,牙和教育来预测认知衰退,达到94%的准确性.
主要成果:
- 下舌压力与认知能力下降有显著的相关性.
- 牙状况和教育水平也与认知功能有很强的关联.
- 决策树模型使用这些变量准确地预测了认知障碍.
结论:
- 在机器学习的帮助下测量舌头压力,是早期认知衰退查的一个有希望的非侵入性方法.
- 开发的工具是可访问的,适合临床和社区环境,特别是在资源有限的地区.
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