The impact of osteoarthritis and geriatric depression scale on mini-mental state examination trajectories over seven years

Chiara Ceolin, Marianna Noale, Sara Bindoli, Roberta Ramonda, Sabrina Pigozzo, Chiara Curreri, Adele Ravelli, Maria Devita, Giuseppe Sergi, Marina De Rui · 2025

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Chiara Ceolin and co-authors present a 2025 study of joint wear, mood, and thinking decline in older Italians. They follow close to three thousand adults aged sixty-five and over for seven years. Thinking was tested at set points, and mood was scored with a geriatric scale.

Three paths emerged: steady thinking for most, moderate decline, and severe decline for a small share. Joint wear was more common on the worse paths. Mood carried about a third of the link between joint wear and decline. Pain, low activity, and body swelling may drive the rest. The authors urge joint care that treats mood as part of the plan, not an extra.

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CREATORChiara Ceolin, Marianna Noale, Sara Bindoli, Roberta Ramonda, Sabrina Pigozzo, Chiara Curreri, Adele Ravelli, Maria Devita, Giuseppe Sergi, Marina De Rui
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE39 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12775186

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