Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEPRESSION IN GERIATRIC INDIVIDUALS –A PILOT STUDY

Dr S Srikanth, G. Sree Navya

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Cognitive impairment is common in geriatric depression, and depressed individuals with co–morbid cognitive impairment are at increased risk for a number of adverse medical, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the cognitive impairment and depression in elderly subjects. The present cross–sectional descriptive study was conducted on 100 subjects aged 60 years and above. Cognitive function was assessed by applying standardized Mini–Mental State Examination (MMSE) of Folstein. Depression was assessed with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), a questionnaire specifically developed for screening depressive symptoms in elderly populations. In our study 99% of elderly study subjects had cognitive impairment. We observed that the prevalence and severity of cognitive impairment was increasing with age and females had higher prevalence of cognitive impairment than males

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COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEPRESSION IN GERIATRIC INDIVIDUALS -A PILOT STUDY, Dr S Srikanth, G.Sree Navya INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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