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| The effect of anxiety on a Clock Completion Test (CCT) in elderly patients in a geriatric rehabilitative unit preliminary study | | Author(s) | A Yaretzky, O Lif-Kimchi, T Turani-Feldman |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 20, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 15-28 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Anxiety ; Depression ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The possible correlation between reactive anxiety and cognitive ability, as expressed in a Clock Completion Test (CCT) in patients in a geriatric rehabilitative unit was examined in this study. The research tools included demographic and medical questionnaires, State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Depression Adjective Check List (DACL), CCT, and the Self-Anchoring Striving Well-Being Scale, which were performed at four points in time on 21 subjects aged 66-95 years. Findings indicated a significant and positive correlation between depressive symptoms and reactive anxiety at the time of admission and discharge. A significant negative correlation between the STAI and the CCT was indicated at the time of discharge in those cases in which the CCT was well performed. The correlation was significant only when the level of depressive symptoms and anxiety decreased at discharge and in comparison with those seen at time of admission. Therefore, the study could not determine a preferable time for performing the CCT. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990318236 A |
| Classmark | DA: 4C: ENP: ENR: 7T |
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