Is there a bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive ability in older people?: A prospective study using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

HALCyon Study Team; C R Gale; M Allerhand; I J Deary

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Is there a bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive ability in older people? A prospective study using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

HALCyon Study Team, C R Gale, M Allerhand, I J Deary

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Cross-sectional surveys of older people commonly find associations between higher levels of depressive symptoms and poorer cognitive performance, but the direction of effect is unclear. We examined whether there was a bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and general cognitive ability in non-demented older people, and explored the role of physical health, smoking, exercise, social class and education as potential confounders of this association and as possible determinants of the rate of change of cognitive decline and depressive symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2057-69
Number of pages	13
Journal	Psychological Medicine
Volume	42
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291712000402
Publication status	Published - Oct 2012

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Is there a bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and cognitive ability in older people?
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A Life course approach to healthy ageing: Capitalising on the value of UK course cohorts
Deary, I.
MRC
1/09/08 → 31/03/13
Project: Research
MRC Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology
Deary, I., Holmes, M., Logie, P., McCulloch, J., Porteous, D., Roberts, N., Seckl, J., Starr, J. & Wardlaw, J.
MRC
1/09/08 → 31/08/13
Project: Research

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