Psychomotor retardation in elderly depressed patients

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2004 Belgium, Netherlands English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Affective Disorders, volume 81, pages 73-77 (issn: 0165-0327,

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Authors: Pier, M.P.B.I.; Hulstijn, Wouter; Sabbe, Bernard;

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2003.08.002

pmid: 15183603

handle: 2066/64360 , 10067/503590151162165141

Psychomotor retardation in elderly depressed patients

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The results of previous studies on psychomotor retardation (PR) in elderly depressed patients are inconsistent. The purpose of this study was (1) to try and establish whether elderly depressed patients show PR, and (2) if so, which process (cognitive/motor or both) is mainly slowed?Twelve elderly depressed patients and healthy controls (age: 70) were compared on figure copying tasks in which the cognitive task difficulty was manipulated.Both initiation time (IT) and movement time (MT) were prolonged in the patient group. The effects of the cognitive manipulations were not larger in the patient group.The sample size was small. Furthermore, patients were not medication free.A cognitive and a more pronounced motor retardation was found. Clinicians should be aware of this at least additive effect of aging and depression on PR in elderly patients.

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Belgium, Netherlands

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University of Antwerp
Belgium
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands

Keywords

Male, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Action, intention, and motor control, Major Depressive Disorder, Neuropsychological Tests, Diagnosis, Differential, Alzheimer Disease, Reference Values, Reaction Time, Humans, Female, Psychomotor Disorders, Cognition Disorders, Aged

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