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Volume 08 Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism Alzheimer's Congress 2018
May 30-31, 2018
May 30-31, 2018 Osaka, Japan
10th World Congress on
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
People with dementia who have higher global cognitive scores tend to have higher depression scores
Ivan Pradhana, Ficky Huang, Edelynce Chelsea and Martina Wiwie
University of Indonesia, Indonesia
It is estimated that 30-50% of People with Dementia (PWD) suffer from significant depression. This fact indicates that for
most PWD, depression occurs at the same time as cognitive decline. Research explains that, this happens because PWD
cannot run their daily activities independently and they (tend to) forget many essential memories, such as their family. It is also
known that the risk of depression is higher for highly educated people. This research was conducted with the intention to find
the correlation between depression score and global cognitive score in 42 PWD using the Montgomery-Asberg Depression
Rating Scale (MADRS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) to assess the symptoms of depression and the global
cognitive score, respectively. PWD included in this research were only those who have an MMSE score between 17 and 23
(mild cognitive impairment) and an MADRS score below 34 (no depression, mild depression and moderate depression). Mild
depression occurred in 41 out of 42 subjects (97.6%) and the global cognitive score mean was 19.53. Therefore, depression
score is strongly correlated to the the global cognitive score (r=0.647; p<0.001). It is assumed that many PWD are aware of
their declining cognitive ability often leading to insecurities because of their condition. Some PWD experienced apathy, loss
of appetite and sleep disturbance. Because of these discoveries, it was concluded that PWD who have higher global cognitive
scores also have higher depression scores.
Biography
Ivan Pradhana is a Medical student in the University of Indonesia, Indonesia. He has collaborated with other researchers and successfully published a conference
paper.
Ivan Pradhana ., J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C4-045