Faoro Mariana, Hamdan Amer Cavalheiro
Psychology Graduate Program, Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal do Paraná - Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2021 Jul-Sep;15(3):350-356. doi: 10.1590/1980-57642021dn15-030006.
Depressive symptoms are associated with a decline of episodic memory, but the relationship with semantic memory remains unclear.
The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship of depressive symptoms with the semantic memory in a community-based sample of elderly adults. The sample comprised two groups, namely, clinical (with depressive symptoms) and control.
The following instruments were used General Evaluation Questionnaire, Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic, Wechsler Abbreviate Scale of Intelligence, Geriatric Depression Scale-30 (GDS-30), Beck Depression Inventory-II, Boston Nomination Test (BNT), vocabulary, verbal fluency test (fruits and animals), and Brief Cognitive Screening Battery.
The results showed a significant difference between groups only in BNT. A significant correlation was observed between the BNT and GDS-30. Participants with symptoms of severe depression performed poorly on BNT when compared with individuals with mild symptoms.
These results support the hypothesis that depressive symptoms in elderly adults can affect semantic memory and may worsen with the severity of symptoms.
抑郁症状与情景记忆衰退有关，但与语义记忆的关系仍不明确。
本研究旨在分析在一个基于社区的老年人样本中抑郁症状与语义记忆之间的关系。该样本包括两组，即临床组（有抑郁症状）和对照组。
使用了以下工具：综合评估问卷、蒙特利尔认知评估基础版、韦氏简易智力量表、老年抑郁量表30项版（GDS - 30）、贝克抑郁量表第二版、波士顿命名测试（BNT）、词汇、言语流畅性测试（水果和动物）以及简易认知筛查量表。
结果显示两组仅在BNT上存在显著差异。观察到BNT与GDS - 30之间存在显著相关性。与轻度症状个体相比，重度抑郁症状参与者在BNT上表现较差。
这些结果支持以下假设，即老年人的抑郁症状会影响语义记忆，且可能随症状严重程度加重而恶化。
