Geriatric depression and its relation with cognitive impairment and dementia

DILLON, CAROLINA; TARTAGLINI, M.F.; STEFANI, D.; SALGADO, P.; TARAGANO, E.F.; ALLEGRI, R.

ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2014 p. 1 - 7

0167-4943

Different subtypes of depressive syndromes exist in late life; many of them have cognitive impairment and sometimes it is difficult to differentiate them from dementia. This research aimed to investigate subtypes of geriatric depression associated with cognitive impairment, searched for differential variables and tried to propose a study model. A hundred and eighteen depressive patients and forty normal subjects matched by age and educational level were evaluated with an extensive neuropsychological battery, scales to evaluate neuropsychiatric symptoms and daily life activities (DLA). Depressive patients were classified in groups by SCAN 2.1: Major Depression Disorder (MDD) (n: 31), Dysthymia Disorder (DD) (n: 31), Subsyndromal Depression Disorder (SSD) (n: 29), Depression due to Dementia (n: 27) (DdD). Neuropsychological significant differences (p