Mania associated with donepezil

✍ Scribed by Franco Benazzi

• Book ID: 101290044
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 66 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(1998110)13:11<814::aid-gps859>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

indexes of somatic health, functional status and social status. In addition, both the PLE (RR 0.41, 95%CI 0.24±0.69) and the NLE (RR 1.95, 95%CI 1.11±3.45) were signi®cant predictors. More speci®cally, one (or more) positive event played a strong protective role and two (or more) negative events in the last 12 months played a strong adverse role on the aective level of the oldest old. In this multivariate model, no independent association with aective status was found for gender, age and cognitive level; only a trend was detected for economic condition.

On the whole, these data suggest that the mental health of the oldest old remains susceptible to change from external factors, and recent life events in both directions (either positive or negative) are among its major determinants.