No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been considered a public health threat due to its growing prevalence, particularly in the older population. It is important to know the effects of psychosocial stress and its potential consequences for some basic cognitive processes that are important in daily life. Current...
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| author | Lorena Vallejo Mariola Zapater-Fajarí Teresa Montoliu Sara Puig-Perez Juan Nacher Juan Nacher Vanesa Hidalgo Vanesa Hidalgo Alicia Salvador Alicia Salvador |
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| description | Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been considered a public health threat due to its growing prevalence, particularly in the older population. It is important to know the effects of psychosocial stress and its potential consequences for some basic cognitive processes that are important in daily life. Currently, there is very little information about how people with T2D face acute psychosocial stressors, and even less about how their response affects working memory (WM), which is essential for their functionality and independence. Our aim was to characterize the response to an acute laboratory psychosocial stressor and its effects on WM in older people with T2D. Fifty participants with T2D from 52 to 77 years old were randomly assigned to a stress (12 men and 12 women) or control (12 men and 14 women) condition. Mood and physiological (cortisol, C, and salivary alpha-amylase, sAA) responses to tasks were measured. In addition, participants completed a WM test before and after the stress or control task. Our results showed that the TSST elicited higher negative affect and greater C and sAA responses than the control task. No significant differences in WM were observed depending on the exposure to stress or the control task. Finally, participants who showed higher C and sAA responses to the stressor had lower WM performance. Our results indicate that medically treated older adults with T2D show clear, typical mood and physiological responses to an acute psychosocial stressor. Finally, the lack of acute psychosocial stress effects on WM suggests that it could be related to aging and not to this disease, at least when T2D is adequately treated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-959dc255bc2644f8ab265be576381b592022-12-21T21:33:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-01-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.596584596584No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 DiabetesLorena Vallejo0Mariola Zapater-Fajarí1Teresa Montoliu2Sara Puig-Perez3Juan Nacher4Juan Nacher5Vanesa Hidalgo6Vanesa Hidalgo7Alicia Salvador8Alicia Salvador9Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology and University Institute for Research in Psychology of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Quality of Work Life (IDOCAL), University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainLaboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology and University Institute for Research in Psychology of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Quality of Work Life (IDOCAL), University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainLaboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology and University Institute for Research in Psychology of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Quality of Work Life (IDOCAL), University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, Valencia, SpainValencian (VLC) Campus Research Microcluster “Technologies of Information and Control Applied to the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetes,” University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental: Spanish National Network of Research in Mental Health, Madrid, SpainLaboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology and University Institute for Research in Psychology of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Quality of Work Life (IDOCAL), University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainII Aragón, Department of Psychology and Sociology, Area of Psychobiology, University of Zaragoza, Teruel, SpainLaboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychobiology and University Institute for Research in Psychology of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Quality of Work Life (IDOCAL), University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainValencian (VLC) Campus Research Microcluster “Technologies of Information and Control Applied to the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetes,” University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainType 2 diabetes (T2D) has been considered a public health threat due to its growing prevalence, particularly in the older population. It is important to know the effects of psychosocial stress and its potential consequences for some basic cognitive processes that are important in daily life. Currently, there is very little information about how people with T2D face acute psychosocial stressors, and even less about how their response affects working memory (WM), which is essential for their functionality and independence. Our aim was to characterize the response to an acute laboratory psychosocial stressor and its effects on WM in older people with T2D. Fifty participants with T2D from 52 to 77 years old were randomly assigned to a stress (12 men and 12 women) or control (12 men and 14 women) condition. Mood and physiological (cortisol, C, and salivary alpha-amylase, sAA) responses to tasks were measured. In addition, participants completed a WM test before and after the stress or control task. Our results showed that the TSST elicited higher negative affect and greater C and sAA responses than the control task. No significant differences in WM were observed depending on the exposure to stress or the control task. Finally, participants who showed higher C and sAA responses to the stressor had lower WM performance. Our results indicate that medically treated older adults with T2D show clear, typical mood and physiological responses to an acute psychosocial stressor. Finally, the lack of acute psychosocial stress effects on WM suggests that it could be related to aging and not to this disease, at least when T2D is adequately treated.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596584/fullpsychosocial stressworking memorytype 2 diabetesolder adultscortisolalpha-amylase |
| spellingShingle | Lorena Vallejo Mariola Zapater-Fajarí Teresa Montoliu Sara Puig-Perez Juan Nacher Juan Nacher Vanesa Hidalgo Vanesa Hidalgo Alicia Salvador Alicia Salvador No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes Frontiers in Psychology psychosocial stress working memory type 2 diabetes older adults cortisol alpha-amylase |
| title | No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes |
| title_full | No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes |
| title_fullStr | No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes |
| title_full_unstemmed | No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes |
| title_short | No Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on Working Memory in Older People With Type 2 Diabetes |
| title_sort | no effects of acute psychosocial stress on working memory in older people with type 2 diabetes |
| topic | psychosocial stress working memory type 2 diabetes older adults cortisol alpha-amylase |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.596584/full |
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