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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Ottaviani, Silviaa; b | Tagliafico, Lucaa; b | Muzyka, Mariyaa; b | Page, Elenaa; b | Ottaviani, Ennioc | Ponzano, Martad | Signori, Alessiod | Nencioni, Alessioa; b | Monacelli, Fiammettaa; b; *
Affiliations: [a] Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DIMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy | [b] IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy | [c] Department of Mathematics (DIMA), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy | [d] Department of Health Sciences - Section of Biostatistics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Prof. Fiammetta Monacelli, Associate Professor in Geriatrics, DIMI, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Genoa 16132, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]; ORCID: 0000-0003-4303-7252.
Abstract: Background:As the population ages, the concept of frailty becomes increasingly relevant and may be considered a precursor between aging and the development of dementia in later life. Similarly, the construct of cognitive reserve (CR) is an accepted model of cognitive resilience that may account for individual differences in trajectories of brain aging, mitigating the clinical expression of dementia. Objective:We aim to estimate the role of CR and frailty in moderating the prediction of dementia in the population aged over 80 who are attending an Italian outpatient memory clinic. Methods:Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) to screen for frailty, and Cognitive Reserve Index questionnaire (CRIq) to evaluate CR, were used to assess patients systematically. We performed multivariate logistic regression to assess associations with dementia. Model performance and interaction between frailty and cognitive reserve were then evaluated. Results:166 patients were consecutively enrolled (mean age was 85.7 years old, females composed 68%); 25% had a diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and 75% had a diagnosis of dementia. Multivariate regression analysis showed that CRIq and CFS were the main clinical assessment tools associated with the presence of dementia, even after collinearity adjustment. No significant interaction of CFS*CRIq was found. Conclusions:To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the association between CR, frailty, dementia, and their related interacting terms in a real-world population of very old patients. Our findings may suggest that both CR and frailty shape an individual’s resilience throughout their lifetime. This may potentially counteract the effects of brain neuropathology, in line with the hypothesis that meaningful associations exist between CR, frailty, and cognition in later life.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive reserve, dementia, frailty, older adults
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-231121
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 1227-1235, 2024
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