Factores sociodemográficos y de bienestar mediadores y moderadores de la relación entre la depresión y la demencia

The accelerated population aging has increased neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, which has led to find different contextual factors that promote or prevent their development. In this study, a secondary analysis of the population study of «Health, Well-being and Aging» (SABE) Bogotá, 2012, was made, to know the situation of older adults residing in Bogotá, with the objective of establishing the mediating or moderating role of sociodemographic variables and of well-being in the relationship between depression and dementia.

Data from 2000 adults over 60 years of age were available. PROCESS V4 was used with a P < .05. Educational level, self-perception and comparison of health, social participation and physical activity were found to be mediating factors; age and access to health were moderators of the relationship between depression and dementia. These results indicate guidelines for the care of the elderly, from the model of modifiable factors that allow active aging.