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| Coexistence of lowered mood and cognitive impairment of elderly people in five birth cohorts | | Author(s) | S Arve, R S Tilvis, A Lehtonen |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 11, no 2, April 1999 |
| Pages | pp 90-95 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Cognitive impairment ; Age groups [elderly] ; Cross sectional surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | The prevalences of lowered mood (i.e. depression) and cognitive impairment, and their combination were investigated in 1993 random subjects of five birth cohorts (at age 65, 70, 75, 80 and 85 years) from the Ageing Study of three urban areas in Southern Finland. The frequency of a high Zung score (>45), indicating depressive symptoms, in the five groups was 11%, 13%, 20%, 16% and 36% respectively. Corresponding figures for a low MMSE score (Mini Mental State Examination <24) were 11%, 9%, 25%, 46% and 60%. The respective frequencies of subjects fulfilling both criteria simultaneously were 2%, 3%, 8%, 12%, and 24% respectively. Overall, about 30% of the subjects with a low MMSE score had a high Zung score. However, more than half of those aged 75 and over with a high Zung score also had low MMSE scores. The data indicate that the combination of impaired cognition and lowered mood doubles in frequency by 5-year intervals after the age of 70 years in the general aged population, and that this condition is present in one in four subjects at the age of 85. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990715202 A |
| Classmark | ENR: E4: BB: 3KB: 76L |
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