Open AccessDepressive Symptoms Imputed Across the Life Course Are Associated with Cognitive Impairment and Cognitive Decline
Author(s) -
Willa D. Brenowitz,
Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri,
Eric Vittinghoff,
Sherita Hill Golden,
Annette L. Fitzpatrick,
Kristine Yaffe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-210588
Subject(s) - late life depression , dementia , depression (economics) , cognitive decline , life course approach , cognition , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , psychology , medicine , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , gerontology , clinical psychology , disease , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Depressive symptoms may increase risk for dementia, but findings are controversial because late-life depression may be a prodromal dementia symptom. Life course data on depression and dementia risk may clarify this association; however, data is limited.