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| Residual cognitive impairment in late-life depression after a 12 month period follow-up | | Author(s) | M J Portella, T Marcos, L Rami |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 7, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp 571-576 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Depression ; Longitudinal surveys ; Spain. |
| Annotation | It remains unclear whether cognitive impairment is a state characteristic of major depression in older people, or whether the cognitive impairment persists upon recovery. The main objective of this Spanish study was to assess the most important cognitive domains implicated in late-life depression, in patients who underwent psychological treatment in the acute phase and the 12 months after. Neuropsychological and clinical data were used from baseline for patients and controls, to determine the cognitive impairment in the acute phase. Patients repeated the neuropsychological assessment at 12 months. There were significant differences between patients and controls at baseline. But in the patients, there was no change after 12 months. There were no differences between remitted and non-remitted patients on neuropsychological scores. The cognitive impairment seen in older depressed patients seems to be a trait characteristic of this mental disease, even when the depressive episode has remitted. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030804217 A |
| Classmark | E4: ENR: 3J: 76S |
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