Lower blood pressure and apathy coincide in older persons with poorer functional ability: the Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Treatment in Elderly People (DANTE) Study Leiden.

Autor: Moonen JE; Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands., Bertens AS, Foster-Dingley JC, Smit RA, van der Grond J, de Craen AJ, de Ruijter W, van der Mast RC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [J Am Geriatr Soc] 2015 Jan; Vol. 63 (1), pp. 112-7.
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13199
Abstrakt: Objectives: To examine the association between blood pressure (BP) measures and symptoms of apathy and depression in older adults with various levels of functional ability.
Design: Cross-sectional study using baseline data from the Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Treatment in Elderly people (DANTE) Study Leiden.
Setting: Primary care setting, the Netherlands.
Participants: Community-dwelling individuals aged 75 and older (N = 430).
Measurements: Systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were measured during home visits. Symptoms of apathy and depression were assessed using the Apathy Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), respectively. Stratified linear regression was performed in participants with better and worse functional ability according to the median of the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale.
Results: In participants with lower functional ability, each 10-mmHg lower SBP, DBP, and MAP was associated with higher Apathy Scale scores (0.63, 0.92, and 0.94 points, respectively, all P < .005) but not with GDS-15 scores. In participants with higher functional ability, BP measures were not associated with Apathy Scale or GDS-15 scores.
Conclusion: In older participants with poorer functional ability, lower BP was associated with more symptoms of apathy but not depression.
(© 2015, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation © 2015, The American Geriatrics Society.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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