Comparisons of Neurocognitive Functions in Patients with Late-Life Depression versus Normal Elderly, and Association with Changes of Depressive Symptoms in a 3-Month Follow-Up
Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
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: 76-83, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to investigate the neurocognitive functions of patients with late-life depression compared to healthy controls and their association with improvement of depressive symptoms.METHODS:
We compared the results of neurocognitive tests between 41 patients with late-life depression and 20 healthy controls at baseline and 3 months later prospectively. And then we investigated the association of change of cognitive function and improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with late-life depression.RESULTS:
Patients with late-life depression showed significantly impaired results in neurocognitive tests especially in domains of language, memory and frontal executive function compared to healthy control. However, after 3 months of treatment of depression, there was no association between the change of results of neurocognitive tests and the changes of scores of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D).CONCLUSION:
Impairment of cognitive functions in late-life depression includes the domains of language, memory and executive function and after 3 months of treatment of depression, there was no association of improvement of depressive symptom and cognitive change in patients with late-life depression.
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Assunto principal:
Estudos Prospectivos
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Seguimentos
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Cognição
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Depressão
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Função Executiva
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Memória
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Idoso
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Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2018
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