Scholars@Duke
Brenda Lee Plassman

Brenda Lee Plassman

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
brenda.plassman@duke.edu
2400 Pratt St 6th Floor, Durham, NC 27710
2400 Pratt St 6th Floor, Rm 6012, Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Olfaction Testing and Associated Factors among Older U.S. Farmers

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 1, 2025 AbstractPoor olfaction is common in older adults and may signify adverse health conditions. We tested olfaction in 2545 older farmers from North Carolina and Iowa between 2020-2021, using the 12-item Brie ... Full text Cite

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Care Partner-Assisted Oral Hygiene Intervention for Persons With Mild Dementia

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 1, 2025 AbstractOral hygiene contributes to oral health outcomes and quality of life. This study evaluates a care partner-assisted intervention to improve oral hygiene in community-dwelling older adults with mild ... Full text Cite

PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS INFORM A PERSON-CENTERED MEASURE OF “HOME TIME”

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 31, 2024 AbstractTo build a person-centered “hometime” measure for use for persons living with dementia (PLWD, inclusive of mild cognitive impairment), we conducted in-depth interviews with PLWD and spouses who suppo ... Full text Cite

INSIGHT FROM RECRUITING DYADS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA AND CARE PARTNERS FOR A MULTI-SITE ORAL CARE INTERVENTION

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 31, 2024 AbstractMaintaining oral health is essential for individuals with dementia, yet they often need support. We sought to identify lessons learned during the recruitment process for an intervention designed to t ... Full text Cite

SHARING INSIGHTS: INTRODUCING BRAIN HEALTH RESEARCH TO LA COMUNIDAD LATINA IN NORTH CAROLINA

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 31, 2024 AbstractAlzheimer’s disease disproportionally impacts the Hispanic/Latino(a)x (hereafter Latino) community. Ensuring Latino representation in brain health research is essential for understanding how brain di ... Full text Cite

Cognitive and Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer's Disease-related Biomarker Trajectories in Older Surgical Patients and Matched Nonsurgical Controls.

Conference Anesthesiology · May 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Anesthesia and/or surgery accelerate Alzheimer's disease pathology and cause memory deficits in animal models, yet there is a lack of prospective data comparing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Alzheimer's disease-related biomarker and cognitive traje ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validating Silicone Wristbands to Measure Pesticide Exposures Among Older Adults -- Proof-of-Concept Study

Conference · November 8, 2019 Silicone wristbands have been used to measure exposure to pesticides and other chemicals among children and younger farm workers, but not in older adults. Thus, we aimed to examine exposure to pesticides using silicone wristbands in a small cohort of older ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utility of NPI Scores Predicting Progression of CIND to Dementia

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY · March 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

A twin study of late-onset depression and APOE e4 as risk factors for dementia

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY · September 1, 1996 Link to item Cite

TBI and Increased Risk of Non-Alzheimer’s disease dementia in older male twins

Conference Background: Several studies have reported an association between traumatic brain injury(TBI) and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease(AD) and all cause dementia. Considering the heterogeneous genetic and environmental factors that may contribute to develo ... Full text Link to item Cite