Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms and Their Association With Loss Experience in a Large Cohort Sample of the Oldest-Old. Results of the AgeCoDe/AgeQualiDe Study

Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms and Their Association With Loss Experience in a Large Cohort Sample of the Oldest-Old. Results of the AgeCoDe/AgeQualiDe Study

Background: Anxiety in adults is a common mental health problem. However, studies on anxiety in the oldest-old are lacking. We sought to identify the age- and gender-specific prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a large sample of general practice patients. Furthermore, we investigated relevant associat...

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Main Authors: Franziska D. Welzel, Janine Stein, Susanne Röhr, Angela Fuchs, Michael Pentzek, Edelgard Mösch, Horst Bickel, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Birgitt Wiese, Anke Oey, André Hajek, Hans-Helmut König, Kathrin Heser, Luca Keineidam, Hendrik van den Bussche, Carolin van der Leeden, Wolfgang Maier, Martin Scherer, Michael Wagner, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
prevalence
anxiety
loss
old age
primary care
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00285/full

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