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Factors influencing attrition in 35 Alzheimer's Disease Centers across the USA: a longitudinal examination of the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center's Uniform Data Set.

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OBJECTIVE:A lack of understanding of the causes of attrition in longitudinal studies of older adults may lead to higher attrition rates and bias longitudinal study results. In longitudinal epidemiological studies of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, high rates of attrition may cause a systematic underestimation of dementia prevalence and skew the characterization of the disease. This can compromise the generalizability of the study results and any inferences based on the surviving sample may grossly misrepresent the importance of the risk factors for dementia. The National Institute on Aging outlined a National Strategy for Recruitment and Participation in Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Research to address this problem, providing evidence of the magnitude of this problem. METHOD:To explore predictors of attrition, this study examined the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) Uniform Data Set, a repository of observations of older adults spanning 11 years, using survival analysis. Four samples were examined: the full sample (n = 30,433), the alive subsample excluding those who died (n = 24,231), the MRI sample [participants with complete MRI data (n = 1104)], and the alive MRI subsample [participants with MRI data excluding those who died (n = 947)]. RESULTS:Worsening cognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and difficulty with functional activities predicted attrition, as did lower hippocampal volume in the MRI subsample. Questionable co-participant reliability and an informant other than a spouse also increased risk of attrition. DISCUSSION:Special considerations exist in recruiting and retaining older adults in longitudinal studies, and results of baseline psychological, functional, and cognitive functioning should be used to identify targeted retention strategies.

journal_name

Aging Clin Exp Res

journal_title

Aging clinical and experimental research

authors

Burke SL,Hu T,Naseh M,Fava NM,O'Driscoll J,Alvarez D,Cottler LB,Duara R

doi

10.1007/s40520-018-1087-6

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1283-1297

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eissn

1594-0667

issn

1720-8319

pii

10.1007/s40520-018-1087-6

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Factors influencing attrition in 35 Alzheimer's Disease Centers across the USA: a longitudinal examination of the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center's Uniform Data Set.