| Autor: |
Junrong Ye, Yuanxin Pan, Tingwei Zhou, Fei Liu, Yanheng Wei, Jiao Chen, Wen Wang, Xueyu Zheng, Dingjie Liu, Shengwei Wu, Zezhi Li, Jianxiong Guo, Aixiang Xiao |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 15 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-0640 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1482951 |
| Popis: |
ObjectiveTo investigate the influencing factors of dysphagia in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients.MethodsThe study evaluated the demographic characteristics, nutritional status, social functioning, and swallowing dysfunction of 109 hospitalized AD patients.ResultsThe sample include 65.1% of female patients, mainly concentrate in >70 years old (72.5%). The illness duration is mainly 0~5 years (62.4%). After adjusting for confounding factors such as gender, poor lifestyle habits, illness duration, marital status, route to admission, concomitant medical illness, nutritional status, and social functioning, we find that the swallowing function in patients with AD is related to route to admission and concomitant medical illness (mainly includes: circulatory disease and respiratory disease). Age ≥90 years old and more concomitant medical illness contribute to a lower swallowing dysfunction score in patients with AD (P |
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