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Psychological stress, cognitive decline and the development of dementia in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Psychological stress, cognitive decline and the development of dementia in amnestic mild cognitive impairment
Psychological stress, cognitive decline and the development of dementia in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

To determine the relationship between psychological stress with cognitive outcomes in a multi-centre longitudinal study of people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) we assessed three parameters of psychological stress (Recent Life Changes Questionnaire (RLCQ); the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and salivary cortisol) and their relationship with rates of cognitive decline over an 18 month follow up period and conversion to dementia over a 5.5 year period. In 133 aMCI and 68 cognitively intact participants the PSS score was higher in the aMCI compared with control group but neither the RLCQ scores nor salivary cortisol measures were different between groups. In the aMCI group the RLCQ and the PSS showed no significant association with cognitive function at baseline, cognitive decline or with conversion rates to dementia but high salivary cortisol levels were associated with RLCQ scores and poorer cognitive function at baseline and lower rates of cognitive decline. No relationship was found between salivary cortisol levels and conversion rate to dementia. We conclude that psychological stress as measured by the RLCQ or PSS was not associated with adverse cognitive outcomes in an aMCI population and hypothesise that this may reflect diminished cortisol production to psychological stress as the disease progresses.

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Sussams, Rebecca, Schlotz, Wolff, Clough, Zoe, Amin, Jay, Simpson, Sharon, Abbott, Amelia, Beardmore, Rebecca, Sharples, Richard, Raybould, Rachel, Brookes, Keeley, Morgan, Kevin, Culliford, David and Holmes, Clive (2020) Psychological stress, cognitive decline and the development of dementia in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), [3618]. (doi:10.1038/s41598-020-60607-0).

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To determine the relationship between psychological stress with cognitive outcomes in a multi-centre longitudinal study of people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) we assessed three parameters of psychological stress (Recent Life Changes Questionnaire (RLCQ); the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and salivary cortisol) and their relationship with rates of cognitive decline over an 18 month follow up period and conversion to dementia over a 5.5 year period. In 133 aMCI and 68 cognitively intact participants the PSS score was higher in the aMCI compared with control group but neither the RLCQ scores nor salivary cortisol measures were different between groups. In the aMCI group the RLCQ and the PSS showed no significant association with cognitive function at baseline, cognitive decline or with conversion rates to dementia but high salivary cortisol levels were associated with RLCQ scores and poorer cognitive function at baseline and lower rates of cognitive decline. No relationship was found between salivary cortisol levels and conversion rate to dementia. We conclude that psychological stress as measured by the RLCQ or PSS was not associated with adverse cognitive outcomes in an aMCI population and hypothesise that this may reflect diminished cortisol production to psychological stress as the disease progresses.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 February 2020
Published date: 27 February 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the Alzheimer’s Society for funding this study. Alzheimer’s Society had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report. We would also like to acknowledge Viv Hopkins; Ceri Rayner, Steve Simpson, Janet Craven, Rebecca Weekes, Saif Sharif, Brady McFarlane, Kayode Osanaiye, Tom Nadin, Rhodri Thomas, Lara Ryan and Isabel Lewzey for help in recruitment, assessment of subjects, processing of samples and in the administration of the study. Finally, we would like to acknowledge all participants taking part in the study. Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s).

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Local EPrints ID: 438462
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438462
ISSN: 2045-2322
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ORCID for Jay Amin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-0428
ORCID for Clive Holmes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1999-6912

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Date deposited: 10 Mar 2020 17:33
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Author: Rebecca Sussams
Author: Wolff Schlotz
Author: Zoe Clough
Author: Jay Amin ORCID iD
Author: Sharon Simpson
Author: Amelia Abbott
Author: Rebecca Beardmore
Author: Richard Sharples
Author: Rachel Raybould
Author: Keeley Brookes
Author: Kevin Morgan
Author: David Culliford
Author: Clive Holmes ORCID iD

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