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Experimental Biology 2017, Michigan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 01 Nisan 2017, ss.435
The burden of depression among older individuals is an important public health issue, considering the increasing number of elderly population in Turkey. The prevalence of obesity has also grown in Turkish older adults. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between depression and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults living in Ankara, Turkey. A sample of 95 functionally independent patients (53 women and 42 men) aged 65 years or older (mean age: 74.01±7.4) was selected from Medicine Faculty of Ankara University. Standardized Mini Mental State Examination (S-MMSE) was used to evaluate cognitive function. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to assess depression status for all patients. Patients with advanced visual and auditory impairment, delirium, cancer and disabled were excluded. 18 of 95 (%18.9) patients were diagnosed with dementia. Those with dementia and without dementia were divided into two groups. The dementia group's median scores of S-MMSE and GDS were 16±4.25 and 16±8.25, respectively. Non-demented group's median scores of S-MMSE and GDS were 27±3 and 5±4, respectively. In all groups; S-MMSE scores of men were significantly higher than women (p<0.05) and mean values of BMI were 26.95±5.1. When we analyzed the relationship between S-MMSE values and the results of the BMI and GDS, we found significant negative correlations for S-MMSE versus BMI (n=95, r= −0.39, p< 0.001) and S-MMSE versus GDS (n=95, r= −0.65, p<0,001). The study revealed that the cognitive impairment was significantly associate with depression, particularly in overweight both men and women. Therefore depression may have been reduced by both healthy eating and physical activity program in elderly.Introduction
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