Late life anxiety is associated with decreased memory and executive functioning in community dwelling older adults

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 567-575

  Yochim, Brian P ^a,b   Mueller, Anne E ^b   Segal, Daniel L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anxiety; Cognition; Executive functions; Memory; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST SECOND EDITION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY INDEX; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ANXIETY SCALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANXIETY; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; MEMORY; OLDER ADULTS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884351651     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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