... of MT on cognitive function, depression, anxiety, behavior, and quality of life in individuals with dementia. Methods: Relevant articles published before April 23, 2023, were sourced from five databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing...

...Breanna M. Bullard; Casey L. Brown; Julian A. Scheffer; Anna B. Toledo; Robert W. Levenson Introduction: Providing care for a loved one with dementia can engender intense emotions that contribute to symptoms of anxiety and depression. Caregivers often attempt to regulate their emotions using...

...Élodie Toulouse; Daphnée Carrier; Maire-Pier Villemure; Jessika Roy Desruisseaux; Christian M. Rochefort Introduction: Depression is often difficult to detect in long-term care (LTC) patients with major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD), and an observer-rated screening scale could facilitate...

.... Depression (adjusted HR: 1.54, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13–2.09), osteoporosis (adjusted HR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.04–1.74), and the use of enalapril (adjusted HR: 1.37, 95% CI: 1.09–1.73) were risk factors for dementia, while nitroglycerin (adjusted HR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.53–0.85) was a protecting factor...

... in the control group. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scale, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) were measured before and after the psychological intervention. Results: The 3-month psychological intervention we...

...Élodie Toulouse; Daphnée Carrier; Marie-Pier Villemure; Jessika Roy-Desruisseaux; Christian M. Rochefort Introduction: Depression is often under-detected in long-term care (LTC) patients with major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD) and is associated with important morbidity, mortality, and costs...

...Isabella Khoo; Jacqueline C.T. Close; Stephen R. Lord; Kim Delbaere; Morag E. Taylor Introduction: Dementia and depression often coexist. Understanding how concomitant comorbidities affect function can improve assessment and management strategies. We examined the relationship between cognitive...

...Sandra Invernizzi; Isabelle Simoes Loureiro; Kendra G. Kandana Arachchige; Laurent Lefebvre This narrative review aimed to explore the existing knowledge in order to examine the multiple forms of late-life depression (LLD) within a non-neurodegenerative or a neurodegenerative context, in particular...

...Ingeborg Halse; Guro Hanevold Bjørkløf; Knut Engedal; Geir Selbæk; Maria Lage Barca Introduction: Depression is common amongst people with dementia. This study examines whether locus of control (LoC), a perceived control construct influential in the coping process, is related to depressive symptoms...

...José Antonio Camacho-Conde; José Manuel Galán-López Background: In the last three decades, the relationship between depression and cognition in geriatric patients has been a popular topic among researchers and clinicians. Clinical and epidemiological research has focused on the identification...

.... Symptoms of depression and elevated cortisol level have been described in some previous studies as factors associated with delirium, suggesting a shared pathophysiology. Aims: The objective of the present study was to determine whether preoperative depression symptoms and increased cortisol level represent...

...Hélène Amieva; Céline Meillon; Cécile Proust-Lima; Jean François Dartigues Background: Dementia, stroke, depression, and disability are frequent in late life and are major causes of quality of life disruption and family burden. Even though each of these disorders relies on specific pathogenic...

...Jiangbo Ying; Philip Yap; Mihir Gandhi; Tau Ming Liew Background/Aims: The psychometric properties of Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) have never been substantively investigated in caregivers of persons with dementia (PwD). We evaluated the validity and reliability of CES...

... the relationship between vascular risk, depression, and cognition in Mexican American elders. Methods: Data from 470 (390 normal controls, 80 MCI patients) Mexican Americans enrolled in the Health and Aging Brain among Latino Elders (HABLE) study were used. The cardiovascular risk was assessed by the Framingham...

...Anette Bakkane Bendixen; Knut Engedal; Geir Selbæk; Cecilie Bhandari Hartberg Objective: Anxiety symptoms are common in older adults with depression, but whether severe anxiety is associated with poorer outcomes of depression is unknown. The objective of the present study was to examine...

...Ariana Gatt; Antigoni Ekonomou; Alyma Somani; Sandrine Thuret; David Howlett; Anne Corbett; Mary Johnson; Elaine Perry; Johannes Attems; Paul Francis; Dag Aarsland; Clive Ballard Objective: To examine the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and depression on neurogenesis...

...Tom Borza; Knut Engedal; Sverre Bergh; Jūratė Šaltytė Benth; Geir Selbæk Aims: To investigate the prognosis of depression in late life (DLL) in terms of the course of depression over 1 year and assess clinical factors related to the prognosis. Methods: We performed an observational, multicenter...

... the incidence rates of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in a Spanish population sample and assess the effect of depression at baseline on incident MCI (or MCI subtypes) at a 3-year follow-up. Methods: A total of 1,642 participants (age ≥50 years) were examined as part of a Spanish nationally representative...

...Anette Bakkane Bendixen; Cecilie Bhandari Hartberg; Geir Selbæk; Knut Engedal Aims: The primary aim of this study was to examine anxiety symptoms as measured by the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) in older patients with depression, dementia, or psychotic disorders. The secondary aim...

...Jun Ho Lee; Min Soo Byun; Dahyun Yi; Young Min Choe; Hyo Jung Choi; Hyewon Baek; Bo Kyung Sohn; Hyun Jung Kim; Younghwa Lee; Jong Inn Woo; Dong Young Lee Aims: The aims of this study were to investigate the frequency of various depressive syndromes in elderly individuals with no cognitive...