Adam P Spira

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Interaction of sleep disturbances and anxiety in later life: perspectives and recommendations for future research
    Adam P Spira
    Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, CA 94025, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 18:109-15. 2005
  2. ncbi Sleep-disordered breathing and cognition in older women
    Adam P Spira
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:45-50. 2008
  3. ncbi Subclinical anxiety symptoms, sleep, and daytime dysfunction in older adults with primary insomnia
    Adam P Spira
    University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 21:56-60. 2008
  4. ncbi Subclinical anxiety symptoms, sleep, and daytime dysfunction in older adults with primary insomnia
    Adam P Spira
    University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 21:149-53. 2008
  5. ncbi Sleep-disordered breathing, hypoxia, and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older women
    Kristine Yaffe
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    JAMA 306:613-9. 2011
  6. ncbi Anxiety symptoms and objectively measured sleep quality in older women
    Adam P Spira
    Division of Geriatrics and Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:136-43. 2009
  7. ncbi Mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and their subtypes in oldest old women
    Kristine Yaffe
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Neurol 68:631-6. 2011
  8. ncbi Behavioral correlates of sleep-disordered breathing in older men
    Eric J Kezirian
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    Sleep 32:253-61. 2009
  9. ncbi Depressive symptoms in oldest-old women: risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia
    Adam P Spira
    Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:1006-15. 2012
  10. ncbi Neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment: differences by subtype and progression to dementia
    Emily R Edwards
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:716-22. 2009

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Interaction of sleep disturbances and anxiety in later life: perspectives and recommendations for future research
    Adam P Spira
    Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, CA 94025, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 18:109-15. 2005
    ..This is followed by a brief discussion of the impact of medical illness on both anxiety and sleep disturbances. The article ends with a summary of findings from this review and provides recommendations for future research...
  2. ncbi Sleep-disordered breathing and cognition in older women
    Adam P Spira
    Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:45-50. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Subclinical anxiety symptoms, sleep, and daytime dysfunction in older adults with primary insomnia
    Adam P Spira
    University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 21:56-60. 2008
    ..Thus, subclinical anxiety symptoms may be an important target for clinical intervention to improve sleep and functioning in older adults with primary insomnia."..
  4. ncbi Subclinical anxiety symptoms, sleep, and daytime dysfunction in older adults with primary insomnia
    Adam P Spira
    University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 21:149-53. 2008
    ..Thus, subclinical anxiety symptoms may be an important target for clinical intervention to improve sleep and functioning in older adults with primary insomnia...
  5. ncbi Sleep-disordered breathing, hypoxia, and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older women
    Kristine Yaffe
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    JAMA 306:613-9. 2011
    ..Cross-sectional studies have linked sleep-disordered breathing to poor cognition; however, it remains unclear whether sleep-disordered breathing precedes cognitive impairment in older adults...
  6. ncbi Anxiety symptoms and objectively measured sleep quality in older women
    Adam P Spira
    Division of Geriatrics and Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:136-43. 2009
    ..Few studies have examined the association between anxiety symptoms and objectively measured sleep quality in older adults. The authors determined this association in a large cohort of very old community-dwelling women...
  7. ncbi Mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and their subtypes in oldest old women
    Kristine Yaffe
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    Arch Neurol 68:631-6. 2011
    ..The population of oldest old is increasing, but the prevalence of cognitive impairment is not well characterized in this group...
  8. ncbi Behavioral correlates of sleep-disordered breathing in older men
    Eric J Kezirian
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    Sleep 32:253-61. 2009
    ....
  9. ncbi Depressive symptoms in oldest-old women: risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia
    Adam P Spira
    Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:1006-15. 2012
    ..We determined whether elevated depressive symptoms predicted 5-year incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia, and neuropsychological test performance among oldest-old women...
  10. ncbi Neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment: differences by subtype and progression to dementia
    Emily R Edwards
    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:716-22. 2009
    ..In addition, it is unclear whether NPS increase risk of progression to dementia. We investigated the distribution of NPS across MCI subtypes and determined whether NPS increase risk of progression to dementia...
  11. ncbi The relationship between objectively measured sleep disturbance and dementia family caregiver distress and burden
    Sherry A Beaudreau
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 21:159-65. 2008
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