Open AccessDepressive Symptoms and Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Elderly Women
Author(s) -
Kristine Yaffe,
Terri Blackwell,
L. Robert Gore,
Laura Sands,
Victor I. Reus,
Warren S. Browner
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.5.425
Subject(s) - digit symbol substitution test , depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , cognitive decline , cognition , dementia , cognitive test , psychology , prospective cohort study , mini–mental state examination , medicine , logistic regression , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , cognitive impairment , placebo , alternative medicine , disease , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
The association between depressive disorders and subsequent cognitive decline is controversial. We tested the hypothesis that elderly women (aged 65 years and older) without dementia but with depressive symptoms have worse cognitive function and greater cognitive decline than women with few or no symptoms.