Anxiety is not associated with the risk of dementia or cognitive decline: the Rotterdam Study

RFAG de Bruijn, N Direk, SS Mirza, A Hofman… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective Anxiety and depression frequently co-occur in the elderly and in patients with
dementia. Prior research has shown that depression is related to the risk of dementia, but …

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 …

Does anxiety affect risk of dementia? Findings from the Caerphilly Prospective Study

J Gallacher, A Bayer, M Fish, J Pickering… - Psychosomatic …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine the association of anxiety with incident dementia and cognitive
impairment not dementia (CIND). Methods: We conducted a prospective study of men aged …

Clinically significant anxiety as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: Results from a 10‐year follow‐up community study

P Gracia‐García, J Bueno‐Notivol… - … Journal of Methods …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There is growing evidence for an association between anxiety and an increased
risk of dementia, but it is not clear whether anxiety is a risk factor or a prodromic symptom. In …

Clinically significant anxiety as a risk factor for dementia in the elderly community

J Santabárbara, R Lopez‐Anton… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate whether clinically significant anxiety is an independent risk factor for
dementia, taking into account both depression among potentially confounding factors and …

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 …

The association of anxiety and depression with future dementia diagnosis: a case-control study in primary care

C Burton, P Campbell, K Jordan, V Strauss… - Family …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Depression is identified as a risk factor for dementia. Little research has been
carried out on the importance of anxiety, despite strong evidence of co-morbidity with …

Anxiety and 10-year risk of incident dementia—an association shaped by depressive symptoms: results of the prospective three-city study

M Mortamais, M Abdennour, V Bergua… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Anxiety is common in patients with cognitive impairment and dementia.
However, whether anxiety is a risk factor for dementia is still not known. We aimed to …

The effect of anxiety on all‐cause dementia: A longitudinal analysis from the Hunter Community Study

K Khaing, X Dolja‐Gore, BR Nair… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Anxiety is common, however, the effect of chronicity of anxiety on dementia has
not been explored. This study aims to assess the longitudinal relationship between chronic …

Does anxiety increase the risk of all-cause dementia? An updated meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

J Santabárbara, DM Lipnicki, B Olaya… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Anxiety has been suggested as a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia,
but results are still controversial. Our main objectives are to develop an updated meta …