Scam susceptibility is associated with a markedly accelerated onset of Alzheimer's disease dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The association of scam susceptibility with the timing of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia onset is unknown.

Methods

One thousand ninety-two older adults without dementia underwent assessments of scam susceptibility and annual clinical evaluations to document incident AD dementia. Accelerated failure time models examined the relation of scam susceptibility with dementia onset.

Results

During a mean of 5 years of follow-up (standard deviation = 3.1), 188 individuals (17%) were diagnosed with incident AD dementia. A higher level of scam susceptibility was associated with a considerably earlier dementia onset ( β$\beta $  = -0.039; 95% confidence interval: -0.061, -0.017); those with a high level of susceptibility developed AD dementia at a mean age of 90.9

SUBMITTER: Boyle PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881619 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature