Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Accelerated mental aging in alcoholic patients.

K L Holden1, E J McLaughlin, E L Reilly

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225.

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|March 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Tap out: reducing waterborne Pseudomonas aeruginosa transmission in an intensive care unit.

The Journal of hospital infection·2018
Same author

How do we define recurrence in Clostridium difficile infection?

The Journal of hospital infection·2018
Same author

Unmasking leading to a healthcare worker Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission.

The Journal of hospital infection·2018
Same author

Use of genome sequencing to identify hepatitis C virus transmission in a renal healthcare setting.

The Journal of hospital infection·2017
Same author

CLUSTER ORIENTED FACTOR SOLUTIONS: OBLIQUE POWERED VECTOR FACTOR ANALYSIS.

Multivariate behavioral research·2016
Same author

Common Misconceptions Concerning The Analysis Of Covariance.

Multivariate behavioral research·2016

Alcoholism may accelerate cognitive aging, with alcoholic patients showing a mental age approximately 7 years older than their chronological age. This suggests premature aging in individuals with alcohol use disorder.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Alcohol use disorder is a significant public health concern.
  • Cognitive aging is a complex process influenced by various factors.
  • Previous research suggests potential links between alcoholism and accelerated aging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define a mental age function using Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) scale score profiles.
  • To investigate whether individuals with alcoholism exhibit accelerated mental aging compared to age-matched normal individuals.
  • To assess the validity of the mental age function in discriminating between chronological age groups.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized discriminant function and polynomial regression to develop a mental age function from WAIS data.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Calculated mental age function values for 164 male alcoholics aged 35-74.
  • Employed Unweighted Means ANOVA to analyze differences in mental aging.

    • Main Results:

    • The mental age function effectively discriminated between chronological age groups within the alcoholic sample.
    • Alcoholic patients demonstrated a mean mental age approximately 7 years greater than age-matched normal individuals.
    • This accelerated mental aging in alcoholics was statistically significant.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings support the premature aging hypothesis in individuals with alcohol use disorder.
    • Alcoholism may be associated with an accelerated cognitive aging process.
    • Further research is warranted to explore the mechanisms underlying this accelerated aging.