Publications by authors named "Anna M Rosicka"
Background: Loneliness is associated with lower cognitive function and may increase dementia risk. However, it is unclear if this effect is mediated by depression. Resolving this issue is important to design effective interventions to promote healthy aging.
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- Early detection of cognitive impairment, both subjective and objective, is crucial, as subjective complaints can appear before any measurable deficits.
- A study involving 3,327 participants used a smartphone app to examine how 13 dementia risk factors relate to subjective memory and objective cognitive functions.
- Results showed subjective memory issues were more strongly linked to risk factors like depression, socioeconomic status, and loneliness, while smartphone assessments can help identify early cognitive problems across different age groups.
Effective strategies for early detection of cognitive decline, if deployed on a large scale, would have individual and societal benefits. However, current detection methods are invasive or time-consuming and therefore not suitable for longitudinal monitoring of asymptomatic individuals. For example, biological markers of neuropathology associated with cognitive decline are typically collected via cerebral spinal fluid, cognitive functioning is evaluated from face-to-face assessments by experts and brain measures are obtained using expensive, non-portable equipment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is the most widely used test to assess visual confrontation naming in both research and clinical settings. Recently, an abbreviated Czech version of the BNT was described. The purpose of this study is to assess the validity of this new test at the item level with advanced psychometric methods to assess its equivalence with the original test.
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- The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has severely impacted mental health, yet the role of protective factors like resilience remains largely unexplored.
- A cross-sectional online survey involving nearly 16,000 adults highlighted that a positive appraisal style (PAS) significantly increases resilience, as it helps maintain good mental health despite stressors related to the pandemic.
- Findings suggest that perceived social support and the ability to recover from stress also contribute to resilience, offering insights for public mental health initiatives to target these modifiable factors.