scholarly journals Childhood Trauma and PTSD Symptoms Increase the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Former Indentured Child Laborers in Old Age

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e57826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Burri ◽  
Andreas Maercker ◽  
Sandy Krammer ◽  
Keti Simmen-Janevska

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erico Castro-Costa ◽  
Jerson Laks ◽  
Cecilia Godoi Campos ◽  
Josélia OA Firmo ◽  
Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Quan Huang ◽  
Zheng-Rong Wang ◽  
Yong-Hong Li ◽  
Yi-Zhou Xie ◽  
Qing-Xiu Liu

ABSTRACTBackground: We assessed the relationship between cognitive impairment (including mild cognitive impairment with no signs of dementia, and dementia) and risk for depression in old age (60 years and older).Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library database were used to identify potential studies. All of the clinical studies that produced data on the association between cognitive function and risk of depression among individuals aged 55 years or older were identified and included in this review. The studies were classified into cross-sectional and longitudinal subsets. The quantitative meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies were performed. For prevalence and incidence rates of depression, odds risk (OR) and relative risk (RR) were calculated, respectively.Results: Since all but two studies found in the search were for individuals aged 60 years or over, we assessed and reported on results for this larger group only. In this review we included 13 cross-sectional and four prospective longitudinal studies. The quantitative meta-analysis showed that, in old age, individuals with non-dementia cognitive impairment had neither significant higher prevalence nor incidence rates of depression than those without (odds risk (OR): 1.48, 95% confidence intervals (95% CI): 0.87–2.52; relative risk (RR): 1.12, 95% CI: 0.62–2.01). In old age, individuals with dementia had both significant higher prevalence and incidence rates of depression than those without (OR: 1.82, 95% CI: 1.15–2.89; RR: 3.92, 95% CI: 1.93–7.99).Conclusions: Despite the methodological limitations of this meta-analysis, we found that in old age, there was no association between depression and cognitive impairment with no dementia; however, there was a definite association between depression and dementia and thus dementia might be a risk for depression.


2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yentéma Onadja ◽  
Nicole Atchessi ◽  
Bassiahi Abdramane Soura ◽  
Clémentine Rossier ◽  
Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumarni Sumarni ◽  
Adi Heru Sutomo ◽  
Cempaka Tursina ◽  
Purwanta Purwanta ◽  
Ade Indah Wahdini ◽  
...  

Merapi eruption can cause a psychological traumatic for elderly such as depression, increase disability, and decrease quality of life. We need to train the cadres to make an elderly care village. The study aim is to know the influence of cadre training on knowledge and skill for elderly healthiness. This study uses secondary data from community research on May until September 2018 in Desa Purwobinangun, Sleman. The target is cadres and 80 elderlies in Desa Purwobinangun, Sleman. The tools in this study such as Module Ramah dan Sehat Lansia, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), questionnaire about knowledge and skills of traditional games, and questionnaire about early detection and treatment in old age health. The data will be shown in quantitative data. After trained, the result was showed: 1) average points of knowledge about health problem in old age especially in social support increased 50%; traditional game increased 30%; old friendly increased 45%; and brain games increased 40%. 2) average points of skills to treat elderly health problem especially in social support elevated 19,81%; traditional games rose 17,02%; elderly care increased 27,58%; and brain games increased 28,68%. 3) tendency to get health problem in elderly: hypertension decreased 8,75%, diabetes mellitus stayed at 37 subjects; depression decreased 22,5%; good cognitive increased 16,25%; moderate cognitive impairment decreased 16,28%; and severe cognitive impairment stayed at 9 subjects; and low quality of life was decreased 27,5%). Cadres empowerment can increase knowledge and skill of cadre to treat health problems in elderly.


BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S277-S277
Author(s):  
Alexandra Nash ◽  
Jon Stone ◽  
Alan Carson ◽  
Craig Ritchie ◽  
Laura McWhirter

AimsThis study aimed to explore the terms used by old-age psychiatrists and psychologists to describe subjective and mild cognitive impairment and functional cognitive disorders (FCD) in clinical practice.MethodParticipants were selected from across the United Kingdom based on their clinical involvement in the assessment of cognitive complaints. 9 old-age psychiatrists and 4 psychologists were interviewed about their use of terminology in clinical practice and their awareness and understanding of FCD terminology via semi-structured interview questions and case vignettes. Interviews were conducted between December 2020 and February 2021 using online platforms Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Participants were recruited by email and Twitter. All questions were asked verbally; however, the four case vignettes were displayed via screen-share. All discussions and answers were transcribed and transcripts were coded manually using the exploratory case study methodology in order to identify themes in participants’ responses.ResultThis study has highlighted the variable use of terms used to describe and diagnose patients presenting with symptoms of cognitive disorders. The terms ‘mild cognitive impairment’, ‘subjective cognitive decline’ and ‘functional cognitive disorder’ were used most commonly amongst participants, though the terms ‘subjective cognitive impairment’ and ‘pseudodementia’ were also presented. This theme of language discontinuity is underscored by participants’ varying use of terminology when describing or presenting their diagnoses for the case vignettes. The data also reveals a sub-theme of variability in application of the term FCD. Whilst all participants gave similar definitions for this term, the application of FCD as a diagnosis in practice was inconsistent. Six participants described FCD as associated with or secondary to other functional or psychiatric conditions, four participants viewed FCD as an isolated diagnosis, and one participant considered FCD to be either part of another illness or a separate diagnosis. Two participants neither used nor recognised the term FCD.ConclusionIt is evident that there is varied use of terms describing or diagnosing forms of cognitive symptoms. The findings of this study highlight the need for a clear, adoptable definition of FCD in practice as well as implementable management plans for FCD patients. This is critical in order to avoid misdiagnosis and mismanagement, which may have harmful effects on patients living with debilitating cognitive symptoms.


2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayala Fridman ◽  
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ◽  
Abraham Sagi-Schwartz ◽  
Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4 (72)) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. I. Purdenko

The article presents an analysis of the literature on the problem of cognitive disorders. It is in old age, when vascular and neurodegenerative diseases of the brain are most frequently diagnosed, leading to cognitive disorders of varying severity: from mild to severe. Early diagnosis of cerebral diseases increases significantly the chances of success of treatment to the problem.


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