Depression and clinical functioning among cognitively normal and mildly impaired older adults
Andres Duarte, Patricia Garcia, Jacob Fiala, Michael Marsiske, Dilianna Padron, Lisandra Mendoza, Linda Duarte, Ranjan Duara, Miriam Rodriguez · 2025
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Andres Duarte and co-authors compare low mood and daily function in older Hispanic and White adults, in work from 2025. Low mood links to thinking decline, but splits by group are little studied. Data come from a Florida research centre cohort on Alzheimer's disease. Adults split into groups with normal thinking and mild impairment. Function is scored on a changed form of a dementia rating scale.
The team ran separate models for the Hispanic and White samples. Among Hispanics, stronger low mood tied clearly to worse daily function. That tie did not reach a firm level among White participants. Age and thinking status sat in the models next to mood scores. The one-time design cannot settle which trait drives which. Work that follows people over time is urged. The takeaway is care for low mood that fits the culture of ageing Hispanics.
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| CREATOR | Andres Duarte, Patricia Garcia, Jacob Fiala, Michael Marsiske, Dilianna Padron, Lisandra Mendoza, Linda Duarte, Ranjan Duara, Miriam Rodriguez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |