Lee Chiyoung, Park Juyoung, Fain Mindy, Galvin James E, Park Lindsey, Ahn Hyochol
The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ, USA.
The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Geriatr Nurs. 2025 May-Jun;63:138-146. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.03.025. Epub 2025 Apr 4.
We simultaneously assessed the impact of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on mitigating both self-reported pain and pain behaviors to more objectively explore its effects in older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The analysis investigated 40 participants randomly (1:1) subjected to active and sham tDCS for 20 min on 5 consecutive days. Multi-group latent transition analysis enabled the simultaneous evaluation of both pain domains in a single model and analysis of their changes as a function of intervention exposure by modeling the transition probabilities of latent classes and comparing these changes between groups. Two pain categories ("high pain" and "low pain") were identified based on the numeric rating scale and mobilization-observation-behavior-intensity-dementia scale scores. Overall, tDCS demonstrated better effects in helping participants transition to a "low pain" status during and after the intervention (∼3 months) compared with sham stimulation, demonstrating its immediate and enduring effects.
我们同时评估了经颅直流电刺激(tDCS)对减轻自我报告的疼痛和疼痛行为的影响,以更客观地探索其在患有阿尔茨海默病及相关痴呆症的老年人中的效果。该分析调查了40名参与者,他们被随机(1:1)分为两组,连续5天每天接受20分钟的主动tDCS和假tDCS。多组潜在转变分析能够在单个模型中同时评估两个疼痛领域,并通过对潜在类别转变概率进行建模并比较组间变化,来分析它们作为干预暴露函数的变化。根据数字评分量表和活动-观察-行为-强度-痴呆症量表得分确定了两种疼痛类别(“高疼痛”和“低疼痛”)。总体而言,与假刺激相比,tDCS在干预期间及之后(约3个月)帮助参与者转变为“低疼痛”状态方面显示出更好的效果,证明了其即时和持久的效果。
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