1995
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101995000600005
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Cognitive deficit and depressive symptoms in a community group of elderly people: a preliminary study

Abstract: Since the number and proportion of old people increases worldwide, health professionals and systems should be made aware and prepared to deal with their problems. Cognitive deficit and symptoms of depression are commom among the elderly, and may occur in relation to various risk factors such as health conditions and psychosocial variables. In order to study cognitive deficit and the presence of signs and symptoms of depression, 62 elderly community subjects enrolled at a Community Health Unit in Porto Alegre, … Show more

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“…The prevalence of positivity (22.19%) in a screening test for psychiatric disorders in our sample did not differ significantly from the prevalence observed in studies with adolescents 17 and elderly subjects 18 . Moreover, we found a strong association between insomnia and positivity in the SRQ.…”
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confidence: 70%
“…The prevalence of positivity (22.19%) in a screening test for psychiatric disorders in our sample did not differ significantly from the prevalence observed in studies with adolescents 17 and elderly subjects 18 . Moreover, we found a strong association between insomnia and positivity in the SRQ.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 70%
“…Segundo o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (2002), no Brasil, em 2002, idosos representavam 8,6% da população total (aproximadamente 15 milhões), sendo previstos 13% da população total em 2020 (30 milhões). Diante desse cenário, torna-se importante a identificação de problemas de saúde geral/mental, orientação e acompanhamento dos problemas mais comuns na terceira idade (Almeida et al, 1997), sendo alguns dos principais problemas os déficits cognitivos e os transtornos de humor (Bottino, Blay, & Laks, 2012;Silberman et al, 1995). O presente estudo busca trazer uma contribuição à área, abordando um aspecto específico da depressão, a estrutura fatorial de um instrumento voltado à população de idosos.…”
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“…Even mild depression and dysphoria have been shown to be associated with poorer cognitive performance in elderly populations (Rabbitt, Donlan, Watson, Bent, & McInnes, 1995). Thus, it is plausible that cognitive performance may be aåected by emotional response to diabetes, and by the lifestyle changes it may entail and it is therefore important to investigate the contribution of depression (Silberman et al, 1995) to cognitive change in diabetes. As Prescott et al (1990) suggest, this can best be done by studying variations in performance within samples of diabetic patients rather than by gross comparisons between groups of diabetics and non-diabetics.…”
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confidence: 99%