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Anxiety in Alzheimer's disease
— prevalence and comorbidity | | Author(s) | Linda Teri, Louise E Ferretti, Laura E Gibbons |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 54A, no 7, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp M348-352 |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Symptoms ; Dementia ; Depression ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Anxiety may be associated with psychiatric morbidity, disability, increased health care use, and mortality in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients as it is in the general adult population. However, the phenomenology of anxiety symptoms in AD and its relationship to dementia progression, comorbid depression, and the presence of other problematic behaviours have not yet been examined. Data on anxiety symptoms and their coexistence with other factors were obtained in 523 community-dwelling AD patients through interview with their caregivers and physical examination. The prevalence of anxiety symptoms and their association to patient depression, other behavioural problems, gender and age were investigated. Anxiety symptoms were common, occurring in 70% of subjects, and were significantly correlated with activities of daily living (ADL) impairment and problem behaviours: wandering, sexual misconduct, hallucinations, verbal threats, and physical abuse. Comorbidity of anxiety-depression was also prevalent, 54% having symptoms. ADL impairment and problem behaviours were significantly associated with comorbidity: however the latter association was explained entirely by presence of anxiety. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991220230 A |
| Classmark | ENP: CT: EA: ENR: 7T |
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