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On the clinical significance of reduced executive functions in elderly patients with mental illnesses Research question: Executive functions (EF) show increasing deficits in old age.There are also numerous studies demonstrating the importance of EF in relation to depression, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder in older patients.

METHODS: The study presented examined this question in a sample of patients in a psychosomatic clinic who were in middle (< 60years) and older age (≥ 60years) (N = 150) and compared them with a psychologically non-stressed comparison sample (N = 157).The survey instrument used to assess EF was the Trail-Making Test (TMT).

RESULTS: The results show age and setting differences, i. e. older as well as mentally ill subjects showed worse results; an interaction effect was also found. Associations of symptoms and EF were found only in the elderly sample, but not in the middle-aged sample.

CONCLUSIONS: The results show that the importance of impaired executive functions is a clinically relevant variable in psychotherapy of the elderly.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

Enthalten in:

Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie - 70(2024), 1 vom: 12. Feb., Seite 48-62

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Originalbeiträge (Originals). Zur klinischen Bedeutung reduzierter Exekutivfunktionen bei älteren Patient:innen mit psychischen Erkrankungen©

Beteiligte Personen:

Peters, Meinolf [VerfasserIn]
Schulz, Holger [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Elderly patients - mental illness - executive functions
English Abstract
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.04.2024

Date Revised 12.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.13109/zptm.2024.70.oa2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367201038