Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Abstract

Objective: This study determined the clinical characteristics of late-life hoarding disorder (HD). Methods: Older adults (age 60 and older) with HD (n = 55) and without psychiatric diagnoses (n = 39) were compared on psychiatric, functional, cognitive, and health-related measures. Associations between age and clinical characteristics in a large sample of mixed age (n = 210; age range: 20-78) participants with HD were also determined. Results: Individuals with late-life HD were characterized by substantial impairments in psychiatric, functional, cognitive, and medical status. Health risks (e.g., risks of falls and fire) were also common. However, older age was generally not associated with increased severity of hoarding or other clinical correlates (with the exception of one global clinician-rated measure of severity). Conclusions: Late-life HD is characterized by considerable morbidity and health risks, and these characteristics may be consistent across the lifespan in cross-sectional mixed-age samples of individuals with HD.

Keywords

Clutter, Hoarding, Older adults

Volume

21

Issue

10

First Page

1043

Last Page

1047

DOI

10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.028

ISSN

10647481

Rights

© the author

Comments

Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.

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