Anil K Bachu, Vijaya Padma Kotapati, Tejasvi Kainth, Rikinkumar Patel, Nagy A Youssef, Rajesh R Tampi
{"title":"Response for: Possible errors in \"Electroconvulsive therapy in individuals with dementia/major NCD presenting with behavioral symptoms: A systematic review\" [Int Psychogeriatr 36 (2024) 864-879].","authors":"Anil K Bachu, Vijaya Padma Kotapati, Tejasvi Kainth, Rikinkumar Patel, Nagy A Youssef, Rajesh R Tampi","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100084","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100084"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144119680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrés Losada-Baltar, María Márquez-González, Brent T Mausbach, Lucía Jiménez-Gonzalo, José A Fernandes-Pires, Javier Olazarán, Laura García-García, Laura Gallego-Alberto, Isabel Cabrera
{"title":"Longitudinal support to the sociocultural stress and coping model. A 4-year follow-up of family caregivers of people with dementia.","authors":"Andrés Losada-Baltar, María Márquez-González, Brent T Mausbach, Lucía Jiménez-Gonzalo, José A Fernandes-Pires, Javier Olazarán, Laura García-García, Laura Gallego-Alberto, Isabel Cabrera","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>According to the sociocultural stress-and-coping model for family caregivers, caregiving stressors contribute directly to caregivers' distress. In addition, there is another path to explain this distress, as several cultural (e.g., familism) and cognitive variables (e.g., dysfunctional thoughts) have important intermediate roles in the pathway from stress to distress. In particular, coping variables appear to play important intermediary roles in this pathway. The aim of this study was to provide longitudinal support to this two-paths stress and coping model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 304 dementia family caregivers who were interviewed yearly during a 4-year period (5 assessment points). Sociodemographic variables, stressors, familism, dysfunctional thoughts about caregiving, cognitive fusion, leisure engagement, ambivalence, guilt and depressive symptoms were measured. The paths established by the sociocultural stress and coping model were tested.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Greater cognitive fusion, greater reaction to BPSD, increased ambivalence, increased guilt, and reduced engagement in leisure activities were associated with greater experience of depressive symptoms. However, cultural and cognitive variables (i.e., familism and dysfunctional thoughts) did not show a direct association with depressive symptoms but were associated with increased cognitive fusion and reduced engagement in leisure activities. Overall, the stress-and-coping model explained 52.45 % of the variance in depressive symptoms through the 4-year study period.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study provides longitudinal support to the two-paths proposed by the sociocultural stress and coping model. Specifically, cultural and cognitive factors are more distally related to caregiver outcomes via their association with coping variables, which in turn appear proximally related to caregiver distress (i.e., depressive symptoms).</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100079"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143995994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to letter regarding \"The effect of study partner characteristics on the reporting of neuropsychiatric symptoms across the neurocognitive spectrum\".","authors":"Dylan X Guan, Zahinoor Ismail","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 4","pages":"100030"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Md Ismail Tareque, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Md Nahedul Islam
{"title":"The missing cohort: Forcibly displaced populations with disability in dementia research and policy.","authors":"Md Ismail Tareque, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Md Nahedul Islam","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2024.100033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":"37 4","pages":"100033"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuxia Ouyang, David Manier, Ramit Ravona-Springer, Mery Mamistalov, Dar Gelblum, Anthony Heymann, Joseph Azuri, Laili Soleimani, Ruby Phillips, Mary Sano, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Elizabeth Guerrero-Berroa
{"title":"Ethnicity predicts long-term depressive symptom patterns in older adults with type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Yuxia Ouyang, David Manier, Ramit Ravona-Springer, Mery Mamistalov, Dar Gelblum, Anthony Heymann, Joseph Azuri, Laili Soleimani, Ruby Phillips, Mary Sano, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Elizabeth Guerrero-Berroa","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Depression is a chronic disorder that significantly affects functional decline in older adults, especially those with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Ethnic groups may experience different depression risks and severities, yet the effect of ethnicity on depression trajectories and specific dimensions in older adults with T2D remains largely unexamined. We examined the longitudinal associations of ethnicity with depression and its specific dimensions over time in older Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews with T2D.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Generalized estimating equations (GEE) models were employed to analyze the longitudinal associations of ethnicity with numbers of depressive symptoms and specific depression dimension, adjusting for sociodemographics, cognition, T2D characteristics, and cardiovascular risk factors.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Community-dwelling older adults from the longitudinal Israel Diabetes and Cognitive Decline (IDCD) study.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>902 Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews, mean age= 72.3 years.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>The Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) and its five dimensions: Dysphoric Mood, Withdrawal Apathy-Lack of Vigor, Anxiety, Hopelessness, and Memory Complaint.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, Ashkenazi Jews reported significantly lower GDS-15 scores compared to non-Ashkenazi Jews. They exhibited lower scores in Dysphoric Mood and Hopelessness dimensions. GEE models confirmed these findings, showing Ashkenazi Jews had significantly lower total GDS-15 scores (β = 0.86, 95 % CI 0.75-0.99; p = 0.03), Dysphoric Mood (β = 0.76 (0.52-0.90], p = 0.006), Hopelessness (β = 0.74 [0.58-0.95], p = 0.017) and lower rates of clinical depression (OR= 0.68 [0.52-0.90], p = 0.006). These data offered no evidence of a difference in trends between the Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi groups on depression trajectories.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ethnicity is associated with the longitudinal trajectories of depression and its specific dimensions in older adults with T2D. Further investigation of contributing factors, including social determinants of health, is essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100034"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143038853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juxiang Yang, Yi Wang, Xi Zheng, Hongchu Wang, Gang Song
{"title":"Key modifiable factors in urban-rural differences in depression among older adults in China: A comparative study between China and the United States.","authors":"Juxiang Yang, Yi Wang, Xi Zheng, Hongchu Wang, Gang Song","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Urban-rural differences in depression are evident among older adults in China but not in the United States. By comparing the two countries, this study aims to explore strategies for promoting regional equality in depression in China.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were utilized. Longitudinal data were used to describe urban-rural differences in depression prevalence among older adults in China (2011-2020) and the United States (2010-2020). Cross-sectional data from 2018 (CHARLS: 9840 participants; HRS: 10,381 participants) were used to identify key modifiable factors. A random forest algorithm was employed to determine the most important factors influencing depression, and comparisons between the two countries were made to identify modifiable factors. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between these key modifiable factors and depression. A mediation model was applied to assess the mediating role of key modifiable factors in the relationship between residence and depression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>1) From 2011 to 2020, Urban-rural differences in depression prevalence among older adults were observed in China, but not in the United States. 2) In both China and the U.S., the top five factors ranked by importance were activities of daily living disability (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living disability (IADLs), pain levels, self-reported health (SRH), and age. However, Urban-Rural Differences in ADLs, IADLs, and SRH were present in China but not in the United States. 3) ADLs, IADLs, and SRH collectively mediated 31.6 % (95 % CI: 0.268 - 0.360) of the relationship between residence and depression scores among older adults in China.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Urban-rural differences in physical health status (ADLs, IADLs, and self-reported health) among older adults in China are associated with Urban-Rural Differences in depression. The absence of such inequalities in the U.S. may offer insights for developing policies to promote regional equality in depression among older adults in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100046"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143407944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Serena Sabatini, Katya Numbers, Nicole A Kochan, Perminder S Sachdev, Henry Brodaty
{"title":"Associations between Attitudes to Aging with concurrent and twelve-year change in cognitive functioning in very old individuals.","authors":"Serena Sabatini, Katya Numbers, Nicole A Kochan, Perminder S Sachdev, Henry Brodaty","doi":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study investigated the cross-sectional associations between participants' scores on five cognitive domains and global cognition and their scores on a multidimensional measure of self-perceptions of aging. This study also investigated whether 12-year change in the same cognitive domains and global cognition was associated with self-perceptions of aging.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional and longitudinal secondary analyses of a cohort study.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Participants were 103 individuals (mean age at 12-year follow-up = 87.43 years; SD = 3.60; 60.2 % women) enrolled in the Sydney Memory and Aging Study (MAS) with 12-years of follow-up data.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Cognitive domains assessed over 7 waves were attention processing speed, language, executive function, visuospatial abilities, and memory. Self-perceptions of aging were assessed only at wave 7 using the three subscales of the Laidlaw' Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire: psychological growth, psychosocial loss, and (positive) physical change.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After having adjusted for age, sex, marital status, occupation when working, depressive symptoms, and numbers of physical health conditions and for multiple comparisons there were no significant cross-sectional associations between cognitive abilities and global cognition and the subscales of the Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire. After having adjusted for baseline cognition, age, sex, marital status, occupation when working, depressive symptoms, and numbers of physical health conditions there were no significant longitudinal associations between change in cognitive abilities and in general cognition and the subscales of the Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Cross-sectional and change scores on cognitive tasks and global cognition do not have an effect on Attitudes to Aging after having controlled for depressive symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":14368,"journal":{"name":"International psychogeriatrics","volume":" ","pages":"100045"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}