Open AccessRevisiting: “A food supplement is associated with changes in Subjective Memory Complaints and Geriatric Depression Scale in adults and older persons in Portugal”
Author(s) -
Nélson Tavares,
Andreia Gomes,
Laura Tenreiro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
biomedical and biopharmaceutical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2182-2379
pISSN - 2182-2360
DOI - 10.19277/bbr.10.2.62
Subject(s) - geriatric depression scale , phosphatidylserine , depression (economics) , gerontology , medicine , cognitive impairment , mini–mental state examination , cognition , scale (ratio) , psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , macroeconomics , economics , phospholipid , physics , quantum mechanics , membrane , biology , genetics
Memory loss is a major complaint among the elderly population. Claimed to enhance cognitive function and readily accessible in pharmacies and food stores, phospholipids supplementation has produced mixed findings in several studies. A group of healthy adults and elderly volunteers (n=522) aged 65,84±10,74 years with an education level of 7,90±4,90 years participated in the study. Participants were submitted to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Scale Memory Complaints (SMC) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Three individuals presented cognitive impairment, 505 presented memory complaints and 257 were above cut-off point for GDS. Subsequently, one female group (n=17) used phospholipids supplementation for 4 weeks. After the period of supplementation, a decrease in mean SMC and GDS values were observed. Phospholipids consumption over the course of 4 weeks significantly decreased SMC (p<0,05) values in this female group.
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