Wetherell Julie Loebach, Petkus Andrew J, McChesney Kathleen, Stein Murray B, Judd Patricia H, Rockwell Enid, Sewell Daniel D, Patterson Thomas L
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093-9111, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Aug;197(8):623-6. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b0c081.
The present study examined age differences in the identification of anxiety and depressive symptoms in a community sample of 374 adults, ages 18 to 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.
本研究调查了374名年龄在18岁至93岁之间的成年人社区样本在焦虑和抑郁症状识别方面的年龄差异。与年轻成年人相比，老年人识别症状的准确性较低，且更倾向于将症状既不归类为焦虑也不归类为抑郁。老年人和年轻成年人对抑郁症状的分类都比对焦虑症状的分类更准确。这些发现表明，需要做出更多努力来对公众，尤其是老年人，进行有关焦虑及其症状的教育。
