Vilalta-Franch J, López-Pousa S, Llinàs-Reglà J
Unitat de Valoració de la Memòria i les Demències, Hospital Santa Caterina, Girona, España.
Rev Neurol. 1998 Jan;26(149):57-60.
To find the prevalence of depressive illness associated with dementia in our geriatric population.
A study was made of the entire population aged over 69 years in eight rural districts of the province of Girona (Spain). Diagnosis was made using CAMDEX criteria.
The prevalence of depression (depressive disorders plus pseudo dementia) was 9.1% (IC = 7.6-10.5%). In the group of patients with dementia, the frequency of depression was 28.15% whilst in the group with no dementia it was 5.4% (p = 0.0000). No differences were seen in the prevalence of depression between patients with Alzheimer type dementia (ATD) and those with vascular dementia (VD). The gravity of dementia, sex and age did not influence the frequency of depression.
Depression in patients with dementia was very frequent in our geriatric population. Dementia was seen to be a risk factor with regard to depression.
在老年人群中找出与痴呆症相关的抑郁症患病率。
对西班牙赫罗纳省八个农村地区69岁以上的全体人群进行了一项研究。采用CAMDEX标准进行诊断。
抑郁症（抑郁障碍加假性痴呆）的患病率为9.1%（置信区间为7.6 - 10.5%）。在痴呆症患者组中，抑郁症的发生率为28.15%，而在无痴呆症组中为5.4%（p = 0.0000）。阿尔茨海默病型痴呆（ATD）患者和血管性痴呆（VD）患者之间的抑郁症患病率没有差异。痴呆症的严重程度、性别和年龄均不影响抑郁症的发生率。
在我们的老年人群中，痴呆症患者的抑郁症非常常见。痴呆症被视为抑郁症的一个风险因素。
