Influence of depression, anxiety and stress on cognitive performance in community-dwelling older adults living in rural Ecuador: Results of the Atahualpa Project

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 508-514

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b   Mera, Robertino M ^d   Del Brutto, Victor J ^c   Maestre, Gladys E ^e   Gardener, Hannah ^f   Zambrano, Mauricio ^c   Wright, Clinton B ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c The Atahualpa Project   (Ecuador)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Atahualpa; Cognitive decline; Depression; Developing countries; Ecuador; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUTH AMERICAN; STRESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84963955253     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12305     Document Type: Article

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