SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS

• Published in: Visnyk problem biolohiï i medyt︠s︡yny Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 165 - 169
• Main Author: Yaroslavtsev, S. O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy 01.09.2020
• Subjects: bipolar depressive disorder; depressive disorders; patients with cognitive impairment; prolonged depressive reaction; recurrent depressive disorder; socio-demographic characteristics
• ISSN: 2077-4214; 2523-4110
• DOI: 10.29254/2077-4214-2020-3-157-165-169

362 patients with cognitive impairment in depressive disorders were examined: 123 patients with recurrent depressive disorder (RDD), 141 patients with bipolar affective disorder (BAD) and 98 people with prolonged depressive reaction (PDR). Socio-demographic characteristics included distribution by age, sex, level of education, marital status, characteristics and sphere of professional activity and place of residence. Socio-demographic indicators of patients with cognitive impairment in depressive disorders were determined. It was found that among the examined persons prevalence of females (51,96 %), only in the group of patients with BAD there were more men (53,90 %). Persons aged 30-44 years prevailed (38,12 %). There were more young people (18-29 years) among patients with PDR (21,43 %) and BAD (31.21 %), and middle-aged people (45-59 years) and the elderly (60-65 years) were more among patients with RDD (37,40 % and 17,07 %). The level of education in patients with cognitive impairment in depressive disorders was dominated by persons with secondary specialized (33,25 %) and graduated education (33,26 %). The majority of patients were city residents (66,46 %), married (34,91 %), among patients with PDR there were more single people (41,84 %), among patients with RDD and BAD were more divorced persons (21,95 % and 26,95 %, respectively). In terms of employment, patients with cognitive impairments in depressive disorders were characterized by a predominance of working people (48,63 %), who were mainly engaged in mental work (61,22 %); 29,58 % of patients were unemployed, 21,77 % patients were retired. The number of persons with physical nature of work was higher among patients with PDR (54,72 %) than with RDD and BAD (36,21 % and 25,40 %, respectively), among whom patients with mental nature of work prevailed (63,79 % and 74,60 %, respectively) and there were more pensioners (27,64 % and 23,40 %, respectively). Hereditary burden of the main disease with somatic pathology was found in 90 patients with depressive disorders (24,86 %), the presence of alcohol dependence in relatives was found in 71 patients with depressive disorders (19,61 %) and the presence of depressive disorders in relatives was found in 64 patients with depressive disorders (17,68 %). At the same time, hereditary burden of depressive disorders distinguished patients with RDD and BAD from patients with PDR (21,95 %, p = 0.009 and 19,15 %, p = 0.024, respectively), among whom there were more patients with hereditary burden in the form of personality anomalies in relatives (8,13 %, p = 0.012 and 9,93 %, p = 0.026, respectively). Thus, certain socio-demographic characteristics of patients with cognitive impairment in depressive disorders should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of these disorders.