School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2021;35(4):363-365. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000417.
People with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) face many daily challenges as memory loss is their predominant cognitive impairment.
This study examined whether financial capacity can be influenced by comorbid depression in patients with multiple-domain aMCI.
The participants included 120 patients in 4 groups: multiple-domain aMCI with and without depressive symptoms, and nondemented elders with and without depression. Participants were examined with the Mini-Mental State Examination, the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale, and the Legal Capacity for Property Law Transactions Assessment Scale.
The findings extend earlier work in other groups of older patients and indicate that the performance of patients with multiple-domain aMCI in cognitive functioning and financial capacity is severely impaired when depression coexists, resembling the performance of patients with mild Alzheimer disease.
The results support special care for individuals with depression as this condition severely influences financial capacity in aMCI.
遗忘型轻度认知障碍（aMCI）患者面临着许多日常挑战，因为记忆丧失是他们主要的认知障碍。
本研究旨在探讨在多领域 aMCI 患者中，合并抑郁是否会影响其财务能力。
参与者包括 4 组共 120 名患者：有和无抑郁症状的多领域 aMCI，以及有和无抑郁的认知正常老年人。参与者接受了简易精神状态检查、15 项老年抑郁量表和财产法交易评估量表的法律能力测试。
这些发现扩展了早期在其他老年患者群体中的工作，表明当抑郁共存时，多领域 aMCI 患者在认知功能和财务能力方面的表现严重受损，类似于轻度阿尔茨海默病患者的表现。
结果支持对有抑郁的个体进行特殊护理，因为这种情况严重影响 aMCI 患者的财务能力。
