치매환자에 서 우울증의 유무에 따른 인지기능과 일상생활 수행능력의 차이 |
이창인1, 홍성철2, 김문두1 |
1제주대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실 2제주대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실 |
Differences of cognitive functions and activity of daily living according to presence of depressive symptoms among dementia patients |
Chang-In Lee1, Seong-Chul Hong2, Moon-Doo Kim1 |
1Departments of Psychiatry, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea 2Departments of Preventive Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju, Korea |
Correspondence:
Chang-In Lee, Email: handoll@cheju.ac.kr |
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Abstract |
Objectives To determine whether depression is related to the impairment of daily activities and to certain areas of cognitive function in dementia patients.
Methods 30 dementia patients with depression, 19 dementia patients without depression who visited cheju national university hospital from November of 2006 to October 2007 were assigned for the study. CERAD-K, MMSE-KC, BDS-ADL, K-GDS were used to check cognitive function and activity of daily living, and depression, the two groups were compared using x² test and independent t-test.
Result SBT-K (Korean version of Short Blessed Test) [21.44(SD = 6.93) vs 16.17(SD = 7.25)], Verbal fluency[4.05(SD = 2.76) vs 6.37CSD = 3.02)], Word list memory [3.53(SD = 3.73) vs 6.07(SD = 4.20)], Word list recall [0.58(SD = 1.30) vs 1.93CSD = 1.84)] scores were statistically different between the two groups. BDS-ADL(Blessed Dementia Scale-Activities of Daily Living), CDR (Clinical Dementia Rating Scale), Naming, MMSE-KC, Constructional praxis, Word list recognition, Constructional praxis recall, Subjective Memory Complaint(SMC) were not different between the two groups.
Conclusions these result suggest that depression in patient with dementia is not highly related to the functional impairment. |
Key Words:
Dementia, Depressive symptom, cognitive function, ADL |
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