Trajectories of General Health Status and Depressive Symptoms Among Persons With Cognitive Impairment in the United States.

ABSTRACT: ObjectivesTo identify and examine heterogeneous trajectories of general health status (GHS) and depressive symptoms (DS) among persons with cognitive impairment (PCIs). Methods: We use group-based trajectory models to study 2361 PCIs for GHS and 1927 PCIs for DS from the National Health and Aging Trends Survey 2011-2018, and apply multinomial logistic regressions to predict identified latent trajectory group memberships using individual characteristics. Results: For both GHS and DS, there were six groups of PCIs with distinct trajectories over a 7-year period. More than 40% PCIs experienced sharp declines in GHS, and 35.5% experienced persistently poor GHS. There was greater heterogeneity in DS trajectories with 55% PCIs experiencing improvement, 16.4% experiencing persistent

SUBMITTER: Zang E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289075 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature