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Cognitive impairment, depressive symptoms and functional decline in older people
Author(s)	Kala M Mehta, Kristine Yaffe, Kenneth E Covinsky
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 6,, June 2002
Pages	pp 1045-1050
Keywords	Cognitive impairment ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Although cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms are associated with functional decline, it is not understood how these risks act together to affect the risk of functional decline. 5,697 older people (mean age 77, 64% women, 86% white) from the US Asset and Health Dynamics Study of the Oldest Old (AHEAD) were followed over a 2-year period to determine the relative contributions of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms to their activities of daily living (ADL) function. 8% (n=450) of subjects declined in ADL function. In participants with no ADL dependence at baseline, cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms are risk factors for decline. For those with ADL dependence at baseline, cognitive impairment but not depressive symptoms is a risk factor for additional decline. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020808209 A
Classmark	E4: ENR: CT: C4: CA: 3J: 7T
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