Older age, female sex, irregular heart rhythms, and daily activity levels can help to predict how much Alzheimer's Disease patients' cognitive function will decline, and how much they will depend on their caregivers over the next two years.
Older age, female sex, irregular heart rhythms, and daily activity levels can help to predict how much Alzheimer's Disease patients' cognitive function will decline, and how much they will depend on their caregivers over the next two years. The results suggest new ways to predict cognitive decline in patients, and that caregivers need to be considered in treatment plans.
All patients experienced significant cognitive decline over the two-year period, associated with decreased daily life activities and increased dependence on their caregivers. Age, female sex, difficulty with daily activities and depression predicted cognitive decline at every time point.
The authors add:"The results of our large-scale prospective study on patients with early-onset Alzheimer's Dementia identify a combination of high age, female sex, atrial fibrillation , low activities of daily living and depressive symptomatology as significant risk factors for cognitive deterioration. Moreover, our findings disclose strong correlations between caregiver load and various patient-related measures.
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