Depressive symptoms increase the risk of progression to dementia in subjects with mild cognitive impairment: systematic review and meta‐analysis. (17th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mourao, Raimundo J.; Mansur, Guilherme; Malloy‐Diniz, Leandro F.; Castro Costa, Erico; Diniz, Breno S.
• Is Part Of: International journal of geriatric psychiatry. Volume 31:Number 8(2016)
• Page Start: 905
• Page End: 911
• Publication Date: 2015-12-17
• Subjects: depression -- mild cognitive impairment -- dementia -- Alzheimer's disease -- meta‐analysis; Geriatric psychiatry -- Periodicals; Geriatric Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 618.97689
• DOI: 10.1002/gps.4406
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0885-6230

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: There is a long‐standing debate in the literature whether depressive symptoms increase the risk of dementia in older with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We aim to conduct a meta‐analysis of studies that evaluated the risk of dementia in subjects with MCI and depressive symptoms compared with subjects with MCI and no depressive symptoms. Methods: We calculated the relative risk of progression to dementia in subjects with MCI and depressive symptoms compared with subjects with MCI and no depressive symptoms using a generic inverse variance method with random effect models. Results: Eighteen studies were included in the meta‐analysis, with a sample size of 10, 861 MCI subjects. The pooled relative risk of progressing to dementia was 1.28 CI95% [1.09–1.52] ( p = 0.003) in the group of MCI subjects with depressive symptoms compared with the MCI subjects with no depressive symptoms. Discussion: Our results provide additional evidence that depressive symptoms determine an additive risk effect to the progression to dementia in subjects with MCI. The comorbidity between depression and cognitive impairment can be an intervention target for prevention of dementia in MCI subjects. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.