Neuropsychiatric and cognitive features of major depressive disorder in aging, based on the data from the US National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC)

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OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is based on the DSM-V criteria and is established by a clinician. This allows quantifying depression based on clinical criteria. As such, MDD differs from other types of depressions that are measured by subjective scales. Here, we evaluated the MDD risk factor on other neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) as well as MDD association with cognitive performance in Alzheimer's disease (AD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Healthy Controls (HC).

METHODS: Data of 208 patients with AD, 291 patients with MCI and 647 HC were extracted from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center database. All participants included in this study were assessed by a physician for the MDD criteria, underwent an NPS evaluation using the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory, and a comprehensive cognitive assessment. Participants were classified as being with and without MDD. We performed logistic regression and MANCOVA models respectively with NPS and cognitive performance as variables of interest and MDD as fixed factors within each group. The MANCOVA was controlled for the effects of age, sex, and education.

RESULTS: MDD increased the risk for psychotic, affective and behavioral NPS in MCI, as well as affective and behavioral NPS in HC and AD. Also, MCI with MDD had lower performance on selective attention and mental flexibility.

CONCLUSIONS: MDD seems to increase the probability of a prevalence of NPS in all groups (HC, MCI and AD). Longitudinal data processing would help to understand the neuropsychiatric evolution of elderly subjects with MDD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

L'Encephale - 50(2024), 2 vom: 30. Apr., Seite 130-136

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ronat, L [VerfasserIn]
Hanganu, A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Cognitive performance
Journal Article
Major depressive disorder
Maladie d’Alzheimer
Neuropsychiatric symptoms
Performances cognitives
Symptômes neuropsychiatriques
Trouble dépressif majeur

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Date Completed 02.04.2024

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.encep.2023.01.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355923017