title: Trait-anxiety and achievement motivation are positively correlated with memory performance in patients who visit a geriatric outpatient clinic with amnestic symptoms.
abstract: Memory performance was studied in relation to anxiety and achievement motivation in a sample of 35 patients who were referred to a geriatric outpatient clinic for their complaints of memory dysfunction. State-anxiety appeared not to be associated with memory performance or the severity of dementia. Trait-anxiety and achievement motivation were associated positively with memory performance and negatively with the severity of dementia. The evaluation of anxiety symptoms in the assessment of dementia is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Psychomedical and Psychotherapeutic Research, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Koenders
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Passchier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teuns
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Harskamp
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: van der Cammen
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Schudel
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D000647:Amnesia / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009042:Motivation; D010552:Personality Assessment