ABSTRACT

Personality changes in older adults with brain disease may be confounded by effects of normal aging. In this cross-sectional study, ratings with the Iowa Scales of Personality Change for 62 healthy older adults (OA-H, aged 60+) were compared to matched older adults with brain diseases (OA-BD). OA-H did not show any significant personality changes from middle age to older adulthood. However, between 10% and 20% of OA-H developed a disturbance in Lack of Stamina, Inflexibility, Lability, and Lack of Insight. Otherwise, the pattern of findings suggesting normal aging effects on personality disturbances in clinical groups are generally minimal.

摘要

患有脑部疾病的老年人的性格变化可能会受到正常衰老的影响。在这项横断面研究中，将 62 名健康老年人（OA-H，60 岁以上）的爱荷华人格变化量表评分与匹配的患有脑部疾病的老年人 (OA-BD) 进行了比较。OA-H 从中年到老年没有表现出任何显着的人格变化。然而，10% 到 20% 的 OA-H 出现了缺乏耐力、缺乏灵活性、不稳定和缺乏洞察力的障碍。否则，表明正常衰老对临床群体人格障碍的影响的发现模式通常很小。