Stress May Increase Risk for Cognition, Memory, and Psychologic Problems

Analyses indicated that the scale was internally consistent. Scores increased with age and were higher in women and in participants with depression and anxiety. “Now that we have a validated measure of stress, we are assessing the influence of coping and distress on cognitive and motor aging, as well as [on] the onset of aMCI and Alzheimer’s disease,” said Richard B. Lipton, MD, the study’s principal investigator.

—Erik Greb
Senior Associate Editor