OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the effects of depression on health care utilization and costs in a sample of multimorbid elderly patients. METHOD This cross-sectional analysis used data of a prospective cohort study, consisting of 1,050 randomly selected multimorbid primary care patients aged 65 to 85 years. Depression was defined as a score of six points or...

OBJECTIVE The Geriatric Depression Scale for screening depressive symptoms in the elderly has not been assessed in elderly outpatients who seek primary health care in Brazil. The objective was to determine the validity of the Short Scale for Major Depressive Episode or Dysthymia (GDS-15) in elderly outpatients. METHODS The scale was applied in 302 subjects with 65 years and older and then exa...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Little is known about depression in elderly individuals with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). We assessed the point prevalence of depression and determined associations with disease activity, quality of life, and medication adherence in elderly patients with IBD. METHODS We identified elderly (≥ 65 years) individuals within Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Partn...

Depression is one of the most important psychosocial problems in later life that may highly influence the quality of life of elderly people in different settings. Reminiscence therapy is one of psychiatric treatment that aims to increase self esteem, socialization, as well as reduce loneliness, sadness, and depression. Objective: Is to determine the effect of reminiscence group therapy on depre...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of depression in older adults and associated factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study using a stratified random sample of 621 individuals aged ≥ 60 from 27 family health teams in Porto Alegre, RS, Southern Brazil, between 2010 and 2012. Community health agents measured depression using the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale. Scores of ≥ 6 were considered as dep...

PPA: Primary Progressive Aphasia; PIA: Progressive Ideomotor Apraxia; CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MINI: Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; DRS: Dementia Rating Scale TMT-A & B: Trail Making Test-A and B; GAD-...

PPA: Primary Progressive Aphasia; PIA: Progressive Ideomotor Apraxia; CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MINI: Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; DRS: Dementia Rating Scale TMT-A & B: Trail Making Test-A and B; GAD-...

Question:Has COVID-19 Pandemic affected the psychological health of elderly patients at PRH, Loni? Design: Descriptive Participants: 300 Intervention: Non Interventional Outcome measures: Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS- 15) Score Results: The average males having significant depression determined, using (GDS-15) was 3.56 whereas for females, it 3.48. difference in scoring between and females 1...

Reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) function has been suggested as a risk factor for late-life depression. BDNF secretion is influenced by epigenetic (DNA promoter methylation) and genetic (val66met polymorphism) profiles. We investigated the independent and interactive effects of BDNF methylation and val66met polymorphism on late-life depression. In total, 732 Korean community res...