Older adults are less accurate than younger adults at identifying symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Older adults are less accurate than younger adults at identifying symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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10.1097/nmd.0b013e3181b0c081
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2009-08
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Patterson TL
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Wetherell JL;Petkus AJ;McChesney K;Stein MB;Judd PH;Rockwell E;Sewell DD;Patterson TL
本研究探讨了年龄差异之间的歧视焦虑和抑郁症状的社区样本的374名成年人，年龄18-93。老年人比年轻人更不准确，更有可能将症状标记为既不是焦虑也不是抑郁。老年人和年轻人对抑郁症状的分类比焦虑症状更准确。这些发现表明，需要做出更多努力来教育公众，特别是老年人，了解焦虑及其症状。
The present study examined age differences in the discrimination between anxiety and depressive symptoms in a community sample of 374 adults, ages 18–93. Older adults were less accurate and more likely than younger adults to label symptoms as neither anxiety nor depression. Both older and younger adults were more accurate in their classification of depressive than anxiety symptoms. These findings suggest that additional efforts are needed to educate the general public, particularly older adults, about anxiety and its symptoms.