Associations between psychological therapy outcomes for depression and incidence of dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is an important, potentially modifiable dementia risk factor. However, it is not known whether effective treatment of depression through psychological therapies is associated with reduced dementia incidence. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between reduction in depressive symptoms following psychological therapy and the subsequent incidence of dementia.

Methods

National psychological therapy data were linked with hospital records of dementia diagnosis for 119808 people aged 65+. Participants received a course of psychological therapy treatment in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services between 2012 and 2019. Cox proportional hazards models were run to test associations between improvement in depression following

SUBMITTER: John A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476047 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature