Mental health symptoms and verbal fluency in elderly people: Evidence from the Spanish longitudinal study of aging

• Published in: Aging & mental health Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 670 - 679
• Main Authors: Simpson, Ian Craig, Dumitrache, Cristina Gabriela, Calet, Nuria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 03.06.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Aging; Cognitive ability; Cognitive functioning; Cognitive impairment; Correlation analysis; depression; ELES study; Females; Fluency; Geriatric psychiatry; Geriatrics; Kinship networks; Loneliness; Longitudinal studies; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Older people; older Spanish adults; Phonology; Pilot projects; Regression analysis; Semantics; Signs and symptoms; Social networks; Social organization; Spanish language; Symptoms; verbal fluency; Loneliness; depression; verbal fluency; older Spanish adults; ELES study

Objectives: Depression and loneliness are highly prevalent in old age. Moreover these mental health symptoms adversely affect the verbal fluency of the elderly. We examined the relationship between depression and loneliness with verbal fluency in people aged 50 years or older. Method: Research data...