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Relation between health status and cognitive functioning
— a 6-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study | | Author(s) | Susan A H van Hooren, Susanne A M Valentijn, Hans Bosma |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 60B, no 1, January 2005 |
| Pages | pp P57-P60 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Mental ageing ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | A group of 669 participants aged 60-81 was recruited from the Maastricht Ageing Study, the aim being to determine whether their physical and psychological functioning could predict their cognitive decline over 6 years. Physical functioning was measured in terms of perceived health and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Psychological functioning, or mood, was evaluated by the Depression and Anxiety subscale of the Symptom Check List 90. Although physical functioning and psychological functioning were related to several measures of cognitive functioning at baseline, psychological functioning was specifically related to memory functioning 6 years lager. Poor psychological functioning (i.e. depressive and anxiety symptomatology), rather than poor physical health, may have the strongest implications for long-term cognitive functioning in older men and women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050505210 A |
| Classmark | CC: D: D6: 49: 3J: 76H |
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