Symptoms of Apathy Independently Predict Incident Frailty and Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although depressive symptoms are widely recognized as a predictor of functional decline among older adults, little is known about the predictive utility of apathy in this population. We prospectively examined apathy symptoms as predictors of incident slow gait, frailty, and disability among non-demented, community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

We examined 2 independent prospective cohort studies-the LonGenity study (N = 625, 53% women, mean age = 75.2 years) and the Central Control of Mobility in Aging (CCMA) study (N = 312, 57% women, mean age = 76.4 years). Individuals were recruited from 2008 to 2014. Apathy was assessed using 3 items from the Geriatric Depression Scale. Slow gait was defined as 1 standard deviation or more below age- and sex-adjusted mean valu

SUBMITTER: Ayers E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5592638 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature