Electronic Training of Elderly Depression With Cognitive Impairment

Summary

late-life depression (LLD) is the most common mental illness in the elderly. Due to the increasing prevalence of population aging, it has become one of the important factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly. 50-70% of elderly patients with depression are accompanied by different degrees of cognitive impairment.

Timeline

Start

2021-05-18

Primary completion

2023-05-01

Completion

2023-08-01

Publications

• Background Mulsant BH, Ganguli M. Epidemiology and diagnosis of depression in late life. J Clin Psychiatry. 1999;60 Suppl 20:9-15.
• Background Horackova K, Kopecek M, Machu V, Kagstrom A, Aarsland D, Motlova LB, Cermakova P. Prevalence of late-life depression and gap in mental health service use across European regions. Eur Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;57:19-25. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2018.12.002. Epub 2019 Jan 15.
• Background Goncalves-Pereira M, Prina AM, Cardoso AM, da Silva JA, Prince M, Xavier M; 10/66 Workgroup in Portugal. The prevalence of late-life depression in a Portuguese community sample: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group study. J Affect Disord. 2019 Mar 1;246:674-681. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.067. Epub 2018 Dec 21.
• Background Wang F, Zhang QE, Zhang L, Ng CH, Ungvari GS, Yuan Z, Zhang J, Zhang L, Xiang YT. Prevalence of major depressive disorder in older adults in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2018 Dec 1;241:297-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.061. Epub 2018 Jul 27.
• Results Buchtemann D, Luppa M, Bramesfeld A, Riedel-Heller S. Incidence of late-life depression: a systematic review. J Affect Disord. 2012 Dec 15;142(1-3):172-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.05.010. Epub 2012 Aug 30.
• Wang X, Zhou J, Zhu K, Wang Y, Ma X, Ren L, Guo C, Zhang Z, Lu P, Zhang Q. Efficacy and safety of Neurocognitive Adaptive Training for Depression combined with SSRIs for treating cognitive impairment among patients with late-life depression: a 12-week, randomized controlled study. BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 25;24(1):848. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06276-z.

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