Laura M Campbell, Jacqueline E Maye, Dani Kaur, Zvinka Z Zlatar, Tyler Bell, Raeanne C Moore, Elizabeth W Twamley
{"title":"The Dynamic Association Between Emotional Functioning, Quality of Life, and Subjective Cognitive Concerns in a Large Community-Based Sample of Middle-Aged and Older Adults.","authors":"Laura M Campbell, Jacqueline E Maye, Dani Kaur, Zvinka Z Zlatar, Tyler Bell, Raeanne C Moore, Elizabeth W Twamley","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Research has linked subjective cognitive concerns with emotional functioning, but few studies have examined if there is a dynamic association across time. This study explored whether the association between subjective cognitive concerns, emotional functioning, and quality of life (QoL) is more trait-based (i.e., associated at an average-level) or more state-based (i.e., changes in emotional functioning at one timepoint are related to simultaneous changes in subjective cognitive concerns).</p><p><strong>Design and participants: </strong>Participants included 1061 community-dwelling adults aged 50-99 at baseline from the observational Successful Aging Evaluation (SAGE) study in San Diego, California. This study analyzed data collected over eight years.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Participants completed the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) to assess subjective cognitive concerns yearly. Self-reported emotional functioning (i.e., depression, anxiety, stress symptoms, and resiliency) and QoL were also assessed yearly. Associations between emotional functioning and QoL measures and CFQ scores were analyzed using multilevel modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between-person analyses showed that worse average emotional functioning and QoL were associated with greater average cognitive concerns (ps <0.0001; partial R<sup>2</sup> > 0.28). Within-person analyses indicated that worse emotional functioning and QoL at a given timepoint were significantly associated with greater cognitive concerns at the same timepoint (ps <0.0001; partial R<sup>2</sup> = 0.007-0.017). Within all five examined predictors, stress had the greatest within- and between-person associations with CFQ scores.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Findings suggest that subjective cognitive concerns are related to trait-like, and to a lesser extent, state-like emotional functioning and QoL. Incorporating assessment of both general and current emotional functioning could refine the use of subjective cognitive concern measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143411700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyunwoo Lee B.S. , Bo-Hyun Kim Ph.D. , Eun Hye Lee M.D. , Daeun Shin M.D. , Heejin Yoo M.S. , Sang Won Seo M.D., Ph.D. , Jun Pyo Kim M.D., Ph.D.
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Brain Metabolic Resiliencein Alzheimer's Disease: A Predictor of Cognitive Decline and Conversion to Dementia [Am J of Geriatric Psychiatry (2024) in press, 1−11]","authors":"Hyunwoo Lee B.S. , Bo-Hyun Kim Ph.D. , Eun Hye Lee M.D. , Daeun Shin M.D. , Heejin Yoo M.S. , Sang Won Seo M.D., Ph.D. , Jun Pyo Kim M.D., Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 4","pages":"Page 472"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Müller, Moritz Elsaesser, Ruben Berger, Wiebke Müller, Martin Hellmich, Nadine Zehender, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Bettina H Bewernick, Michael Wagner, Lutz Frölich, Oliver Peters, Katharina Domschke, Frank Jessen, Martin Hautzinger, Forugh S Dafsari, Elisabeth Schramm
{"title":"The Impact of Loneliness on Late-Life Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Julia Müller, Moritz Elsaesser, Ruben Berger, Wiebke Müller, Martin Hellmich, Nadine Zehender, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Bettina H Bewernick, Michael Wagner, Lutz Frölich, Oliver Peters, Katharina Domschke, Frank Jessen, Martin Hautzinger, Forugh S Dafsari, Elisabeth Schramm","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates the association of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic and the course of depressive, anxiety and sleep symptoms after psychological treatment in older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>During the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, we assessed additional, original data of 132 participants aged ≥60 years who had completed psychological treatment for late-life depression (LLD) in the context of a multicenter, randomized controlled trial (CBT-late). We measured loneliness using the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Depression, anxiety and sleep symptoms were assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants with higher loneliness scores (n = 44) experienced a significant worsening of depressive and anxiety symptoms during the pandemic (estimated marginal mean difference (emmd) of change in GDS between post-treatment and COVID-19 visit: GDS<sub>emmd</sub>= -4.61, [95% CI: -6.97 to -2.26], GAI<sub>emmd</sub>= -2.21, [95% CI: -3.76 to -0.65]), while those with low to moderate loneliness (n = 72) maintained stable mild symptoms (GDS<sub>emmd</sub>= -1.39, [95% CI: -3.00 to 0.22], GAI<sub>emmd</sub>= -0.49, [95% CI: -1.69 to 0.72]). All patients reported increased sleep disturbances during the pandemic regardless of loneliness, while remaining in the range for sub-threshold insomnia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results suggest an association of significant loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic and a clinically relevant worsening of depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults. Loneliness assessments and interventions may be incorporated into treatments for LLD, particularly during pandemics or other crises.</p>","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to The Minister Leaves [The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 32/12 (2024) 1496]","authors":"David L. Coulter M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 4","pages":"Page 473"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"We Will Meet Again","authors":"Zhaohui Su Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 4","pages":"Pages 474-475"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Severus Snape and the Subtle Science and Exact Art of Geriatric pharmacology","authors":"Ipsit V. Vahia M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2025.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 3","pages":"Pages 330-333"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicolas Garel MD, MSc, FRCPC , Annemieke Dols MD, PhD , Jun Yu PhD , Christine Di Cresce PhD , Soham Rej MD, MSc, FRCPC , Martha Sajatovic MD
{"title":"Effect of Cariprazine on Outcomes in Older-aged and Younger-aged Patients with Bipolar I Disorder: A Post-hoc Analysis","authors":"Nicolas Garel MD, MSc, FRCPC , Annemieke Dols MD, PhD , Jun Yu PhD , Christine Di Cresce PhD , Soham Rej MD, MSc, FRCPC , Martha Sajatovic MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2024.12.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2024.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To evaluate cariprazine in adults with older- and younger-age bipolar I disorder (OABD-I and YABD-I) and compare treatment effects between them.</div></div><div><h3>Design and setting</h3><div>Pooled post-hoc analysis of studies in depressive or acute manic/mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>475/1383 patients (34.3%) in 3 depression trials and 238/1037 patients (23.0%) in 3 manic/mixed trials were OABD-I.</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>Depression: placebo, cariprazine 1.5 mg/day, 3.0 mg/day, pooled 1.5-3.0 mg/day. Manic/mixed: placebo, cariprazine 3.0-6.0 mg/day, and 9.0-12.0 mg/day.</div></div><div><h3>Measurements</h3><div>Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S), and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In bipolar I depression<em>,</em> mean change from baseline in MADRS was significantly greater for the pooled cariprazine group vs. placebo in OABD-I (−13.72 vs. −11.98; p < 0.05) and for each cariprazine group vs. placebo among YABD-I. There was no significant difference in treatment effect between OABD-I and YABD-I for either individual cariprazine group vs. placebo.</div><div>For mania/mixed states, mean change in YMRS was significantly greater for cariprazine 3.0-6.0 mg/day vs. placebo in OABD-I (−19.04 vs. −12.45; p < 0.001) and for both cariprazine groups in YABD-I (−12.49, −19.66 and −18.05 for placebo, cariprazine 3.0–6.0 mg/day and 9.0–12.0 mg/day, respectively [both p < 0.0001 vs. placebo]). There was no significant difference in treatment effect between OABD-I and YABD-I for cariprazine 3.0–6.0 mg/day vs. placebo; there was a significantly higher treatment effect for cariprazine 9.0–12.0 mg/day vs. placebo in the YABD-I subpopulation vs. OABD-I (4.20; p < 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Cariprazine appears to be effective for both depressive and manic/mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder, regardless of age.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 4","pages":"Pages 372-386"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dimitris N. Kiosses Ph.D. , Lisa D. Ravdin Ph.D. , Samprit Banerjee Ph.D., M.Stat. , Yiyuan Wu M.S. , Charles R. Henderson Jr. M.A. , Joanna Pantelides M.A. , Emily Petti M.A. , Julianna Maisano B.S. , Lauren Meador M.P.H. , Patricia Kim M.S.W. , Danielle Vaamonde B.A , M. Carrington Reid M.D., Ph.D.
{"title":"Problem Adaptation Therapy for Older Adults with Chronic Pain and Negative Emotions in Primary Care (PATH-Pain): A Randomized Clinical Trial","authors":"Dimitris N. Kiosses Ph.D. , Lisa D. Ravdin Ph.D. , Samprit Banerjee Ph.D., M.Stat. , Yiyuan Wu M.S. , Charles R. Henderson Jr. M.A. , Joanna Pantelides M.A. , Emily Petti M.A. , Julianna Maisano B.S. , Lauren Meador M.P.H. , Patricia Kim M.S.W. , Danielle Vaamonde B.A , M. Carrington Reid M.D., Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2024.12.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2024.12.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To test the efficacy of Problem Adaptation Therapy for Pain (PATH-Pain) versus Usual Care (UC) in reducing pain-related disability, pain intensity, and depression among older adults with chronic pain and negative emotions.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>RCT assessing the between-group differences during the acute (0–10 weeks) and follow-up (weeks 11–24) phase of treatment.</div></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><div>A geriatrics primary care site.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>100 participants (80 % females, Mean Age = 75.5) with chronic pain, negative emotions, and varying cognition (56 % had cognitive impairment) were randomly assigned to PATH-Pain (N = 49) or UC (N = 51).</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>PATH-Pain is a collaborative program which includes a psychosocial intervention designed to improve emotion regulation. UC participants received a booklet that described evidence-based self-management pain strategies.</div></div><div><h3>Measurements</h3><div>Primary outcomes: Pain-related disability (Modified Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire), and pain intensity. Secondary outcomes: Depression (Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale), emotion regulation (Emotion Regulation Questionnaire), and treatment satisfaction (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>During acute treatment (by Week 10), PATH-Pain vs. UC participants showed a significant decrease in pain-related disability [contrast mean difference (CMD) = −1.96, <em>P</em> = 0.02), CI [−0.47, −3.44]] and in depression severity (CMD = −2.50, <em>P</em> = 0.03, CI [−.0.23, −4.76]), but not in pain intensity. PATH-Pain (vs. UC) participants also demonstrated a significant improvement in expressive suppression, an aspect of emotion regulation (CMD = 2.120, <em>P</em> = 0.010, CI [.085, 4.155]). During follow-up (Week 11 to 24), there were no significant between-group differences in pain-related disability, pain intensity, or depression severity.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This primarycarebased study demonstrates the short-term efficacy of PATH-Pain versus UC in reducing pain-related disability and depression in older adults with comorbid chronic pain and negative emotions, as well as varying degrees of cognitive functioning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 4","pages":"Pages 345-357"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Should Our Patients Trust Us? “Discordant” Beliefs May Say Less about Patients’ Cognition and More about Our System of Care","authors":"Jane P. Gagliardi M.D., M.H.S.","doi":"10.1016/j.jagp.2024.12.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jagp.2024.12.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55534,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry","volume":"33 4","pages":"Pages 342-344"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}