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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Feb;18(2):177–186. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181c65864

TABLE 4.

Psychiatric Comorbidities at First Phase 2 Neuropsychiatric Evaluation by Cognitive Status

Cognitive Status
at First
Evaluation, N (%)
Comorbidity
(Number Missing)
Probable
Dementia, N = 67
MCI, N = 215 No Impairment
N = 239
χ2Value Degrees
of Freedom
p
GDS
    Cutpoint = 5 12 (18) 33 (15) 26 (11) 3.12 2 0.21
    Cutpoint =10 5 (7) 9 (4) 3 (1) 7.38 2 0.03
Any depressive-anxiety-alcohol
       disordera (14)
11 (16) 51 (25) 31 (13) 9.88 2 <0.01
Major depression 10 (15) 46 (21) 28 (12) 7.92 2 0.02
General anxiety/panic (2) 2 (3) 17 (8) 10 (4) 3.98 2 0.14
General anxiety (2) 2 (3) 13 (6) 8 (3) 2.34 2 0.32
Panic 0 (0) 7 (3) 3 (1) Fisher’s exact 0.20
Alcohol abuse (13) 0 (0) 5 (2) 2 (1) Fisher’s exact 0.31
a

Any depressive-anxiety-alcohol disorder includes major depression, general anxiety, panic, or alcohol abuse.