The Association of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms With Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

被引：133

作者：

Beaudreau, Sherry A. ^{[1
,2
]}

O'Hara, Ruth ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Vet Affairs Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst, Psychiat Serv MIRECC 151Y, Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Res Educ & Clin Ctr, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Sch Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING | 2009年 / 24卷 / 02期

关键词：

anxiety; depression; cognition; older adults; LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS; DISORDER; IMPAIRMENT; DECLINE; PREVALENCE; INVENTORY; ATTENTION; SEVERITY; DEMENTIA;

D O I：

10.1037/a0016035

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

The authors examined the association of anxiety, depressive symptoms, and their co-occurrence on cognitive processes in 102 community-dwelling older adults. Participants completed anxiety and depression questionnaires as well as measures of episodic and semantic memory, word fluency, processing speed/shifting attention, and inhibition. Participants with only increased anxiety had poorer processing speed/shifting attention and inhibition, but depressive symptoms alone were not associated with any cognitive deficits. Although coexisting anxiety and depressive symptoms were associated with deficits in 3 cognitive domains, reductions in inhibition were solely attributed to anxiety. Findings suggest an excess cognitive load on inhibitory ability in normal older adults reporting mild anxiety.

引用

页码：507 / 512

页数：6

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