Depression and Cognition in the Elderly

Wang, Sophia; Blazer, Dan G.

doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032814-112828

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“…Hayen and colleagues (2011) suggest a cognitive heterogeneity in the elderly and a relationship between depression and cognition (Sengupta & Benjamin, 2015;Wang, & Blazer, 2015). There is a prevalence of mood disorders in the elderly (Cartaxo, Gaudêncio, & Lacerda, 2011;Weber et al, 2012), especially depression (Novick et al, 2015).…”

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“…There is a prevalence of mood disorders in the elderly (Cartaxo, Gaudêncio, & Lacerda, 2011;Weber et al, 2012), especially depression (Novick et al, 2015). Regarding cognitive deficits, episodic memory and temporal-spatial orientation are the main functions associated with the development of psychopathology in individuals over 60 years of age (Wang & Blazer, 2015). Subjective cognitive complaints are influenced by the elderly awareness about the impact of cognitive impairment in functional ability (Salem, Vogel, Ebstrup, Linneberg, & Waldemar, 2015).…”

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Older Adult Self Report Construct and Criterion Validity Evidence for the Brazilian Elderly

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In Brazil, the number of validated and recognized scientific instruments for clinical evaluation of elderly persons is limited. The Older Adult Self-Report (OASR) is a psychopathological rating scale for persons with more than 60 years, which evaluates adaptive functioning and psychopathology. The aim of this study was at investigating OASR construct and criterion validity evidence for Brazilian elderly. The sample included 345 individuals, between 60 and 94 years of age, which were recruited by convenience. Participants responded to a questionnaire containing questions about demographic and health information, the Mini Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale short version and the OASR. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and discriminant analysis. The results showed significant associations between the scores of OASR’s subscales, correlating with general cognitive ability and depressive symptoms. Furthermore, OASR was sensitive to identify elderly with significant symptoms of depression. In conclusion, the OASR showed adequate evidence of construct and criterion validity for a sample of Brazilian elderly.

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Older Adult Self Report Construct and Criterion Validity Evidence for the Brazilian Elderly

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“…Depression is closely related to histopathological changes in the hippocampus in both human and rodent models (Diniz et al, 2014;Wang and Blazer, 2015). The hippocampus is vulnerable to kinds of injuries.…”

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Tris-(2,3-dibromopropyl) isocyanurate induces depression-like behaviors and neurotoxicity by oxidative damage and cell apoptosis in vitro and in vivo

Dong

Zhu

et al. 2015

J. Toxicol. Sci.

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-Tris-(2,3-dibromopropyl) isocyanurate (TDBP-TAZTO), an emerging brominated flame retardant, possesses the characteristics of candidate persistent organic pollutants and has displayed toxicity to fish and rodents. TDBP-TAZTO can pass through the blood-brain barrier and accumulate in the brain. TDBP-TAZTO might also induce neuronal cell toxicity. However, the neurotoxicity and mechanisms of TDBP-TAZTO have not yet been studied. We hypothesize that TDBP-TAZTO could induce neurotoxicity in mouse hippocampal neurons and SH-SY5Y cells. The mice were exposed to TDBP-TAZ-TO of 5 and 50 mg/kg by gavage, daily for 30 days. TDBP-TAZTO resulted in depression-like behaviors, which may be related with TDBP-TAZTO-induced upregulation of oxidative stress markers and overexpression of pro-apoptotic proteins in hippocampus. Furthermore, TDBP-TAZTO treatment for 48 hr (12.5, 25 and 50 μM) damaged SH-SY5Y cells, and led to cell apoptosis and oxidative stress in concentrationdependent manner. Our findings suggested that cell apoptosis and oxidative stress are important mechanisms in neurotoxicity induced by TDBP-TAZTO.

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“…Regardless the extensive use (for a recent review, see Pocklington et al, 2016), it exists a debate on the possibility to administer the scale to people with a cognitive impairment, which is a very common and comorbid to depression disease in old age (for a review, see Wang and Blazer, 2015). On one hand, Wancata et al (2006) affirmed that the scale should not be used with persons with marked cognitive impairment and Burke and colleagues (Burke et al, 1989) stated that only people with levels of 0 and 1 (i.e., cognitively intact and mildly demented individuals, respectively) on the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR; Berg, 1984) were able to complete the test.…”

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Does the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale function differently in old people with different levels of cognitive functioning?

Chiesi

Primi

Pigliautile

et al. 2018

Journal of Affective Disorders

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A B S T R A C TBackground: The 15-item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is widely employed to screen depression among elderly but little is known about the scale functioning in cognitively impaired individuals when compared to normal ones. The aim of the current study is to investigate Differential Item Functioning (DIF) across groups of older people that differ in terms of cognitive functioning applying Item Response Theory (IRT)-based analyses. Methods: Data from an Italian multi-centric clinical-based study on cognitive impairment and dementia in old people were employed (N = 1903; Age: M = 77.33, SD = 7.05, 62% women). All the participants underwent a comprehensive evaluation (including clinical examination, laboratory screening, neuroimaging, and cognitive and behavioral assessments) and they were assigned to three different groups on the basis of their cognitive functioning (normal, mild cognitive impairment, cognitive impairment) Results: Two items showed uniform DIF but their differential functioning does not propagate to the GDS-15 total scores in such a way that a differential interpretation is needed Limitations: Whereas an advantage of the study is the large sample size, the relatively small size of the mild cognitive impairment group might reduce the stability of the present results Conclusions: Since a screening tool for elderly is intended to apply to everyone in the target population, the current findings support the clinical utility of the GDS-15 as screening tool for depression.

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Depression and Cognition in the Elderly

Cited by 158 publications

References 152 publications

Older Adult Self Report Construct and Criterion Validity Evidence for the Brazilian Elderly

Older Adult Self Report Construct and Criterion Validity Evidence for the Brazilian Elderly

Tris-(2,3-dibromopropyl) isocyanurate induces depression-like behaviors and neurotoxicity by oxidative damage and cell apoptosis <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo </i>

Does the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale function differently in old people with different levels of cognitive functioning?

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