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Prevalence of major and minor depression in elderly persons with mild cognitive impairment
— MADRS factor analysis | | Author(s) | T Gabryelewicz, M Styczynska, A Pfeffer |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 12, December 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1168-1172 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Screening ; Cognitive impairment ; Evaluation ; Poland. |
| Annotation | The mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and depressive symptoms/syndrome association is examined, and whether items on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) form a distinct symptoms subgroup in MCI patients. In this Polish study of 102 consecutive patients with MCI, three patient groups emerged according to the depressive symptoms distribution and severity score's basis: 20 with major depression (19.6%), 27 with minor depression (26.5%), and 55 with very few depressive symptoms (53.5%). Three imterpretable MDRS factors were identified using factor analysis with Varimax rotation: the first consisting of apparent and reported sadness, inability to feel, and pessimistic thoughts (labelled as anhedonia-pessimism); the second consisting of inner tension, reduced sleep, reduced appetite, suicidal thoughts (labelled as anxiety-vegetative); and the third, concentration difficulties and lassitude (cognitive-inhibition). Both major and minor depression is common in MCI. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041222217 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 3V: E4: 4C: 7AE |
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