Late-life anxiety and cognitive impairment: a review

SA Beaudreau, R O'Hara - The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2008 - Elsevier
Emerging research implicates a consistent reciprocal relationship between late-life anxiety
and cognition. Understanding this relationship may clarify pathophysiological substrates of …

Anxiety as a risk factor for cognitive decline: A 12-year follow-up cohort study

BJA Gulpers, RCO Voshaar, MPJ van Boxtel… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Anxiety might be a risk factor for cognitive decline, but previous studies had short
follow-up or small sample sizes or studied general or single cognitive domain functioning …

Cognitive impairment in late-life generalized anxiety disorder

RC Mantella, MA Butters, MA Dew, BH Mulsant… - The American Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Objective This study sought to characterize cognitive functioning in elderly patients with
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), as compared with normal comparison subjects and …

Effects of anxiety versus depression on cognition in later life

EJM Bierman, HC Comijs, C Jonker… - The American Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Objective The authors investigated the relationship between anxiety and cognition in older
persons, taking account of comorbid depression. Methods Data were used from the …

Anxiety symptoms and cognitive performance in later life: results from the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

EJM Bierman, HC Comijs, F Rijmen… - Aging and Mental …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: This study investigates whether, and if so how, anxiety symptoms are related to
cognitive decline in elderly persons and whether anxiety symptoms precede cognitive …

Anxiety as a predictor for cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Gulpers, I Ramakers, R Hamel, S Köhler… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Because anxiety is postulated as a risk factor for dementia, we performed a
systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate whether anxiety predicts cognitive …

Anxiety disorders in the elderly

C Andreescu, S Lee - Anxiety disorders: Rethinking and understanding …, 2020 - Springer
Recent data has linked anxiety and its disorders in late life to increased morbidity and
mortality, especially related to a higher cardiovascular burden and an increased cognitive …

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

BP Yochim, AE Mueller, DL Segal - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2013 - Elsevier
This study assessed the degree to which anxiety and depression symptoms are associated
with memory and executive functioning among community-dwelling older adults (N= 120; M …

Anxiety disorders in older adults: a comprehensive review

KB Wolitzky‐Taylor, N Castriotta, EJ Lenze… - Depression and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This review aims to address issues unique to older adults with anxiety disorders in order to
inform potential changes in the DSM‐V. Prevalence and symptom expression of anxiety …

Bringing the bedside to the bench, and then to the community: A prospectus for intervention research in late‐life anxiety disorders

EJ Lenze, JL Wetherell - … of Geriatric Psychiatry: A journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent in elderly persons, and they are
associated with functional impairment, poorer quality of life, and adverse long‐term …