Cognitive Impairments in Clinically Stable Late-Life Depression : Relationship to Cardiovascular Risk : A Pilot Study.
- Author:
Insun HWANG
1
;
Seon Jin YIM
;
Joon Noh LEE
;
Yun Young SONG
;
Kyungki HONG
;
Moon Hwa HONG
;
Hai Joo YOON
;
Jooran EOM
Author Information
1. Department of General Psychiatry, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, Korea. jnl@korea.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Late-life depression;
Cardiovascular risk;
Cognitive impairments;
Executive function
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Depression*;
Education;
Executive Function;
Humans;
Memory, Long-Term;
Pilot Projects*
- From:Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
2015;19(2):55-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that cardiovascular risk is associated with cognitive impairments in clinically stable late-life depression. METHODS: A total of 59 clinically stable late-life depression patients over age 60 were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. Evaluation tools used in this study include Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Geriatric Depression Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Framingham general cardiovascular disease risk profile and the cognitive function battery designed for this study. Correlation analysis, analysis of variance and analysis of covariance were performed. RESULTS: Patients with higher cardiovascular risk performed significantly poorer in the domains of executive function and short-term or long-term memory. In models adjusted for age, sex, education, 10% higher cardiovascular risk was associated with poorer executive function. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that cardiovascular risk could be a significant factor associated with poor executive function in clinically stable late-life depression and the management which is necessary as a component of treatment planning. This pilot study provided good prospects for future studies to document this relationship on larger samples.
