Recurrent depressive disorder and cognitive performance in the elderly: a case-control study

• Autor(a) principal: Panini, Alceu Valentino
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Sgnaolin, Vanessa, Engroff, Paula, Cataldo Neto, Alfredo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: PAJAR - Pan American Journal of Aging Research
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/pajar/article/view/45691
• topic: depressão; Cognição; Idosos; depression; cognition; aged; depresión; cognición; anciano

Objective: to identify variations in cognitive domain scores by examining their relationship with recurrent depressive disorder (RDD) in the elderly. Methods: cross-sectional observational study, with a sample of 54 elderly people who met TDR criteria and were matched by sex, age and education with a control group. Between July 2015 and July 2016, sociodemographic data were collected and a structured psychiatric interview (MINI-PLUS), reduced geriatric depression scale (GDS-15) and cognitive assessment scale (ACE-R) were carried out. Results: of the 54 elderly people with TDR, 48 were female (88.9%) and 6 were male (11.11%). The average age found was 68.2 years (SD ± 6.0). The majority were married (31.5%), white (74.1%), Catholic (66.7%) and received up to the minimum wage per month (57.4%). The total average ACE-R score found for cases was 63.80 points (SD ± 18.55) and controls 64.44 points (SD ± 19.1). The mean Mini Mental State Examination score for cases was 23.0 (SD± 4.2) and controls 23.6 (SD± 4.9). Conclusions: no statistically significant differences were found in the cognitive domains between the groups with and without recurrent depression.