%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor2020depressive %A (MD), Amir Moghadam Ahmadi %D 2020 %J Journal of Mental Health and Aging %K myown %N 1 %P 64-68 %T Depressive Disorder in Patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional %U https://www.alliedacademies.org/journal-mental-health-aging/ %V 4 %X Introduction: Depression, dementia and Alzheimer's disease are the most common psychiatric problems in the elderly. Late-onset depression in the elderly with cognitive impairment reveals a close relationship between these two problems. The present study aimed to determine the frequency of major depressive disorder in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Fifty patients with depression and Alzheimer's dementia and their caregivers who had referred to Ali-Ebn-Abi-Taleb hospital neurology clinic participated in this survey. They were diagnosed to have Alzheimer's dementia by a neurologist. Then demographic and Beck questionnaires were completed by patients and also by caregivers to assess their mood and depression. After that, the data were gathered and analyzed by SPSS-17. Pearson correlation coefficient, Chi-square and exact-tests were used. Results: The mean depression score was 21.4±9.5 that 30% had mild, 50% moderate and 20% had severe depression. There was a significant correlation between depression score and age. Gender, occupation, education level, marital status and place of residence did not have any significant relationship with depression (p> 0.05). Mean caregiver depression score was 11.7± 8.3. Seventy percent had mild depression, 26% moderate depression, and 4% had severe depression. Between caregiver’s depression score and age, sex, occupation, education level was nota significant relationship. Correlation between depression severity in patients and caregivers was not significant (p=0.392). Conclusions: The prevalence of depression was high in older adults with Alzheimer's dementia. Some levels of depression were also detected in their caregivers but this was not correlated with patient’s depression.

@article{noauthororeditor2020depressive, abstract = {Introduction: Depression, dementia and Alzheimer's disease are the most common psychiatric problems in the elderly. Late-onset depression in the elderly with cognitive impairment reveals a close relationship between these two problems. The present study aimed to determine the frequency of major depressive disorder in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Fifty patients with depression and Alzheimer's dementia and their caregivers who had referred to Ali-Ebn-Abi-Taleb hospital neurology clinic participated in this survey. They were diagnosed to have Alzheimer's dementia by a neurologist. Then demographic and Beck questionnaires were completed by patients and also by caregivers to assess their mood and depression. After that, the data were gathered and analyzed by SPSS-17. Pearson correlation coefficient, Chi-square and exact-tests were used. Results: The mean depression score was 21.4±9.5 that 30% had mild, 50% moderate and 20% had severe depression. There was a significant correlation between depression score and age. Gender, occupation, education level, marital status and place of residence did not have any significant relationship with depression (p> 0.05). Mean caregiver depression score was 11.7± 8.3. Seventy percent had mild depression, 26% moderate depression, and 4% had severe depression. Between caregiver’s depression score and age, sex, occupation, education level was nota significant relationship. Correlation between depression severity in patients and caregivers was not significant (p=0.392). Conclusions: The prevalence of depression was high in older adults with Alzheimer's dementia. Some levels of depression were also detected in their caregivers but this was not correlated with patient’s depression.}, added-at = {2024-04-15T11:02:03.000+0200}, author = {(MD), Amir Moghadam Ahmadi}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d5334d386c05753358a1f73cd376d165/journalofmenta_}, interhash = {28e9c81b2946dd170829930e0e8485dd}, intrahash = {d5334d386c05753358a1f73cd376d165}, journal = {Journal of Mental Health and Aging}, keywords = {myown}, language = {English}, month = {June}, number = 1, pages = {64-68}, subjectarea = {Mental Health}, timestamp = {2024-04-15T11:02:03.000+0200}, title = {Depressive Disorder in Patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional}, url = {https://www.alliedacademies.org/journal-mental-health-aging/}, volume = 4, year = 2020 }