title: Preferences for routines in older people: associations with cognitive and psychological vulnerability.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although routine activities are important to normal functioning across all phases of life, their expression in older people may be associated with cognitive and psychological vulnerability.
  
  
  METHODS
  The relationship between these variables was explored in 235 elderly French participants from the PAQUID cohort study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cross-sectional positive associations were found between preferences for routines, anxiety and depression levels, and cognitive complaints. General cognitive decline over a three-year time span was also associated with a greater desire for routines at the end of this period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The progressive routinization of behaviors and activities in older people is discussed as a marker of affective and cognitive vulnerability, and its understanding has potential for improving the early detection of adaptation difficulties and overall care in this population.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychological Research Laboratory-JE 2358, University of Bordeaux 2 - 3, ter Place de la Victoire, Bordeaux Cedex, France. valerie.bergua@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bergua
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fabrigoule
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barberger-Gateau
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dartigues
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swendsen
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouisson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology