Background And Aim: The relationship between cognitive frailty and depression is unclear and quantitative analyses are lacking. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between cognitive frailty and depression.
Methods: We systematically searched Embase, PubMed, Medline (Ovid), Web of Science, and APA PsycInfo (American Psychological Association PsycInfo) databases until April 2022. Meta-analysis was performed using the Stata software. The prevalence between cognitive frailty and depression them was estimated by extracting the proportion of cognitive frailty and depression in the total number of patients. We extracted odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) to estimate the relationship between cognitive frailty and depression.
Results: A meta-analysis of 15 studies revealed that cognitive frailty in older adults was associated with a higher risk of depression (OR = 2.06, 95 % CI = 1.72-2.48, p = 0.001). Eight studies involved the prevalence of cognitive frailty and depression, with an overall prevalence of depression of 46 % (95 % CI, 30 % -62 %; p < 0.0001) in cognitively frail patients.
Limitation: Differences in definitions and assessment methods for cognitive frailty across studies.
Conclusion: The prevalence of cognitive frailty combined with depression in the elderly is high wherein both are mutually affected. More prospective studies are needed to investigate the relationship between cognitive frailty and depression and to propose targeted treatment options and preventive measures to improve the quality of life of the elderly population.
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Background: Gut microbiota modulation of the brain function may present an opportunity to devise preventive or treatment strategies to manage impairments such as cognitive frailty (CF). This study aims to uncover the relationship between CF, gut microbiota, intestinal permeability and proteome.
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Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada.
Background: Integrating technology in the cognitive assessment process could help with dementia care and management (Astell et al., 2019). The aim of this research was to assess the sensitivity and specificity, as well as establish regression-based norms, for the digital version of the Neurocognitive Frailty Index (NFI, Pakzad et al.
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UOC Geriatria - Disturbi Cognitivi e Demenza; AUSL Modena, Modena, Italy.
Background: Social restrictions and closures of services due to COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the social inclusion and well-being of older people. In fact, older adults present risk factors both in terms of health - such as frailty or multimorbidity - and in terms of quality of life - for example institutionalization - and poor social support. The main objective is to evaluate whether social support had the role of an effect modifier on the incidence of cognitive frailty.
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Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Methods: This retrospective observational study compared 246 Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic AD study (A4) individuals who met elevated brain amyloid eligibility criteria to 121 individuals in the companion Longitudinal Evaluation of Amyloid Risk and Neurodegeneration study (LEARN) who were eligible for A4 except did not meet elevated amyloid eligibility criteria. Matched-controls for A4/LEARN, using a 3:1 match of demographics, Medicare enrollment month, and frailty status, were randomly selected from Medicare beneficiaries without cognitive impairment/dementia claims.
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Department of Frailty - Center for Cognitive Disorders and Dementia, Catanzaro Lido, ASP Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Background: Writing is a cortical function studied by the human science of Graphology, which allows the personal knowledge of the subject, and psychophysical conditions, both in healthy older people and in those affected by dementia. Graphologists and geriatricians can successfully cooperate with this.
Method: Five volunteers aged between 60 and 80 years old (3 women and 2 men) were enrolled after signing an informed consent.
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