Late life depressive symptoms and cognitive function among older Mexican adults: the past and the present.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate associations between depression and individual cognitive domains and how changes in depressive symptoms relate to cognition three years later in the context of Mexico, a developing country experiencing rapid aging.Method: Data comes from the 2012 and 2015 waves of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (n = 12,898, age 50+). Depression is ascertained using a modified Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale. Cognition is assessed using verbal learning, verbal memory, visual scanning, verbal fluency, visuospatial ability, visual memory, and orientation tasks. Depressive symptoms and cognitive functioning were both measured in 2012 and 2015. Scores across cognitive domains are modeled using ordinary least squares regression, adjusting for de

SUBMITTER: Saenz JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6597334 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature