Associations Between Oral Health Status, Perceived Stress, and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Among Community Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease: A Mediation Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Community individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) experience oral disease alongside neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) with disease progression. Despite growing evidence for the link between oral health and cognitive status, few studies have investigated the associations between oral health and NPS, especially based on individuals' experience of AD. The primary aim of this study was to examine (a) the difference in oral health-related stressors among individuals with AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and subjective cognitive decline (SCD); and (b) the associations of these stressors with NPS under the framework of the stress process model (SPM). A cross-sectional study was conducted among individuals diagnosed with AD (n = 35), MCI (n = 36) or SCD (n = 35), matched f

SUBMITTER: Yang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8786079 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature