TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and correlates of anxiety in Alzheimer's disease
AU - Chemerinski, Erán
AU - Petracca, Gustavo
AU - Manes, Facundo
AU - Leiguarda, Ramón
AU - Starkstein, Sergio E.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We assessed a consecutive series of 398 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the presence of Generalized Disorder (GAD) using a standardized neuropsychiatric evaluation. Five percent of patients showed GAD during the 4 weeks preceding the psychiatric evaluation. AD patients with GAD showed significantly higher scores of depression, irritability, overt aggression, mania, and pathological crying than AD patients without GAD. The most severe symptoms of anxiety were those of tension, fears, insomnia, and physical complaints.
AB - We assessed a consecutive series of 398 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the presence of Generalized Disorder (GAD) using a standardized neuropsychiatric evaluation. Five percent of patients showed GAD during the 4 weeks preceding the psychiatric evaluation. AD patients with GAD showed significantly higher scores of depression, irritability, overt aggression, mania, and pathological crying than AD patients without GAD. The most severe symptoms of anxiety were those of tension, fears, insomnia, and physical complaints.
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - Anxiety
KW - Dementia
KW - Depression
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031870806&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)7:4<166::AID-DA4>3.0.CO;2-8
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)7:4<166::AID-DA4>3.0.CO;2-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 9706453
AN - SCOPUS:0031870806
SN - 1091-4269
VL - 7
SP - 166
EP - 170
JO - Depression and Anxiety
JF - Depression and Anxiety
IS - 4
ER -