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P2–270: The relationship between hassle severity, anxiety and cognitive performance: An 8‐year follow‐up in the Women's Healthy Aging Project
Author(s) -
Desmond Patricia,
Cummins Tia,
Ames David,
Dennerstein Lorraine,
Szoeke Cassandra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.917
Subject(s) - anxiety , longitudinal study , cognition , clinical psychology , hospital anxiety and depression scale , depression (economics) , medicine , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
training, with the greatest improvement in arithmetic speed (p1⁄40.003). Brain Age gains were greater in controls than in MCI. They were associated with faster card detection and identification (CogHealth sub-tests), Trails A, DST rank scores, as well as attentional tasks in the 3MS, MoCA, and ACS. No significant improvements were found in any memory, visuospatial, or executive measures. Conversely, lack of improvement in Brain Age scores was associated with decline in the 3MS, CDR, and FRS at 3 months, and progression to AD at 2-year follow up.Conclusions: Training with the Nintendo Brain Age game for 3 months improved attentional tasks but not memory or executive function. The benefits were greater in controls than in MCI subjects. Lack of improvements after 3 months of training may be predictive of future progression to AD.