Dementia Worry and Neuropsychological Performance in Healthy Older Adults
| Autor: | Stuart Hall, Phoebe S. Bean, Joshua Cobb, Paul Tiede, Cali Caughie, Craig P. McFarland |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject Neuropsychological Tests 03 medical and health sciences Executive Function 0302 clinical medicine Memory medicine Dementia Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognitive Dysfunction Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Cognitive decline Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Aged 05 social sciences Neuropsychology Cognition General Medicine medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Telephone interview Worry Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 36(1) |
| ISSN: | 1873-5843 |
| Popis: | Objective Dementia is one of the most feared diseases in American society. However, limited research exists regarding how worrying about dementia may influence peoples’ cognitive abilities. The current study examines how dementia worry affects performance on neuropsychological domains of executive function, memory, attention, and processing speed in a healthy older adult population. Method Participants (n = 40) were screened for depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8, scores > 10 were excluded) and for mild cognitive impairment using the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS, scores Results A multivariate effect of dementia worry on neuropsychological measures of executive function was supported. Specifically, higher levels of dementia worry were significantly related to poorer performance on combined measures of executive function (Wilk’s Lambda = 0.821, F (2, 36) = 3.934, p = .028). Conclusions Dementia worry significantly affects scores on specific neuropsychological measures. Inasmuch, dementia worry may have both functional implications for older adults, as well as assessment implications for practicing neuropsychologists. Further research is necessary to parse apart whether dementia worry represents a psychological variable affecting cognitive performance and/or serves as an early marker of cognitive decline. |
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