临床表现 临床表现
Sena Gok1, Salma Amarin1, Nicole Schoer2
1CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 24, 2025
概括
在阿尔茨海默氏症中,功能障碍,而不是药物治疗,显著影响神经精神病症状患者的风险. 这凸显了需要在预防跌倒策略中关注认知和功能状态的必要性.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 神经学 神经学
- 临床药理学 临床药理学
背景情况:
- 多药在患有阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的老年人中普遍存在,这些老年人经历神经精神症状 (NPS).
- 尽管与一般增加的跌倒风险有关联,但药物对该人群中跌倒风险的具体影响仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 评估与ADRD和NPS患者的精神药物和一般药物使用相关的跌倒风险.
- 为了控制在这个队列中影响跌倒风险的其他临床因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自神经精神病症状和痴呆症生活质量标准化研究 (StaN) 的数据.
- 评估精神药物/一般药物的数量,科恩·曼斯菲尔德激发库存 (CMAI),累积疾病评级尺度-老年人 (CIRS-G),功能评估分期工具 (FAST) 和莫尔斯落尺度 (MFS).
- 使用线性回归分析调整年龄,CIRS-G,CMAI和FAST分数来检查与MFS的关联.
主要成果:
- 分析了185名参与者 (平均年龄为80.5岁,平均FAST分数为9.1).
- 无论是精神药物还是一般药物的使用都没有显示出与跌倒风险 (MFS) 的显著关联.
- 功能评估分期工具 (FAST) 的痴呆阶段与跌倒风险有显著的关联.
结论:
- 功能和认知障碍,而不是药物治疗,似乎对阿尔茨海默病中跌倒风险的影响更大.
- 这些发现是特定于患有严重痴呆症和显著NPS的队列.
- 结果可能会为类似患者群体的跌倒风险管理策略提供信息.
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