A Questionnaire Investigation of Anxiety and Depression in Early Dementia

E-ISSN： 1532-5415|38|5|535-538

ISSN： 0002-8614

Source： JOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Vol.38, Iss.5, 1990-05, pp. : 535-538

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Abstract

We report findings on a study of anxiety and depression by questionnaire in 50 patients with mild dementia and 134 control subjects using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Thirty‐eight percent of patients and 9% of controls had a possible or probable diagnosis of an anxiety disorder. Possible or probable depression was found in 28% of the patients and 3% of the controls. These rates for the patients were above those in normal populations.All patients and control subjects were tested with the Extended Scale for Dementia (ESD). Neither group showed a significant relationship between depression and ESD scores. In the control subjects there was a negative correlation (P < .006) between anxiety and cognitive scores, one that was not found in the patients.