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The association between depression, anxiety and cognitive function in the elderly general population
— the Hordaland Health Study | | Author(s) | Eva Biringer, Arnstein Mykletun, Alv A Dahl |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 10, October 2005 |
| Pages | pp 989-997 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Cognitive processes ; Correlation ; Norway. |
| Annotation | An inverse association between depression and cognitive function has previously been reported in clinical studies of both younger and older samples. 1,930 non-demented participants aged 72-74 from Hardlund Health Study (HUSK), Norway, were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Their cognitive function was assessed by the Digit Symbol Test (modified version), the Kendrick Object Learning Test, and the "S" task from the Controlled Oral Word Association test. There was a significant correlation between depression and reduced cognitive function. The inverse association between anxiety and reduced cognitive performance was explained by adjustment for co-morbid depression. The inverse association between depressive symptoms and cognitive function was found to be close to linear, and was also present in the sub-clinical symptom range. Men were more affected cognitively by depressive symptoms than women. The inverse association between depression and cognitive function is not only a finding restricted to severely ill patients, but it can also be found in the older general population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051108221 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: DA: 49: 76N |
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