Relationship Between Depression/Anxiety and Cognitive Function Before and 6 Weeks After Major Non-Cardiac Surgery in Older Adults.
Deborah M OyeyemiMary CooterStacey ChungHeather E WhitsonJeffrey N BrowndykeMichael J DevinneyPatrick J SmithGrant E GarriguesEugene MorettiJudd W MoulHarvey Jay CohenJoseph P MathewMiles Bergernull nullPublished in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (2020)
Greater depression and anxiety severity were each associated with poorer cognitive performance both before and after surgery in older adults. Yet, neither baseline depression or anxiety symptoms, nor postoperative change in these symptoms, were associated with postoperative cognitive change.