TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease
T2 - An examination among community-dwelling Cuban American patients
AU - Harwood, Dylan G.
AU - Barker, Warren W.
AU - Ownby, Raymondl
AU - Bravo, Marina
AU - Aguero, Hilda
AU - Duara, Ranjan
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The authors examined the prevalence and clinical correlates of mood disturbance in 96 Cuban American (CA) Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Depression (Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia score ≥ 7) was evident in 39.6% of the participants and showed associations with comorbid psychosis, lower education, and decreased length of residence in the United States, a measure of acculturation. Mood disturbance was not related to age, gender, marital status, cognitive dysfunction, functional impairment, history of significant alcohol use, or coexisting medical conditions. The results of this investigation suggest that signs and symptoms of depression are common neuropsychiatric disturbances in CA AD patients residing in the community.
AB - The authors examined the prevalence and clinical correlates of mood disturbance in 96 Cuban American (CA) Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Depression (Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia score ≥ 7) was evident in 39.6% of the participants and showed associations with comorbid psychosis, lower education, and decreased length of residence in the United States, a measure of acculturation. Mood disturbance was not related to age, gender, marital status, cognitive dysfunction, functional impairment, history of significant alcohol use, or coexisting medical conditions. The results of this investigation suggest that signs and symptoms of depression are common neuropsychiatric disturbances in CA AD patients residing in the community.
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U2 - 10.1097/00019442-200002000-00011
DO - 10.1097/00019442-200002000-00011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033989140
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 8
SP - 84
EP - 91
JO - American journal of geriatric psychiatry
JF - American journal of geriatric psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -