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Prevalence of Depression in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Prevalence of Depression in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Table of ContentsABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................................3INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3AIM OF THE PROJECT.................................................................................................................4LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4Critique of the literature...............................................................................................................5RESEARCH QUESTIONS.............................................................................................................6RESEARCH DESIGN.....................................................................................................................6POPULATION AND SAMPLE......................................................................................................7RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS........................................................................................................8PROCEDURES................................................................................................................................9ETHICAL ISSUES..........................................................................................................................9IMPACT OF THE STUDY...........................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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ABSTRACTBackground: Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease which destroys the memory retention state ofthe patient and hinders in the other mental functions of the brain as well. The disease starts frommild confusion and difficult in remembering. Eventually, with time, as the condition of thepatient worsen up, they tend to forget important people for the life as well. It has been assessedthat there is higher incidence of depression among the patients who are suffering fromAlzheimer’s disease. Objective: The research proposal by the researcher aims to assess the Prevalence of Depressionin Alzheimer’s Disease. Methods: To conduct the research on stated topic with utmost efficiency as defined researchmethodology have been decided by the researcher. The scholar will conduct a epidemiologyresearch which will help in conducting in-depth information regarding prevalence of depressionin Alzheimer’s patients. Further, a rigorous literature review will be conducted for adequatecollection of secondary information through PubMed. The study will prove to be beneficial forthe medical health practitioners and medical scholars who are planning to conduct their researchin this field. In the end, the proposal has stated all the ethical consideration activities that will beconsidered by the researcher. These includes, utmost confidentiality, proper citation, priorapproval from respondents etc. Results: The impact that has been assessed is that the psychological condition is associated tomemory loss in case of Alzheimer’s and depression can take place at early, middle or later stageof illness. Conclusion: Hence, it has been concluded that prevalence of depression in Alzheimer’s diseaseis higher.INTRODUCTIONAlzheimer’s disease is considered to be a type of dementia which causes various issues tothe patients. Some of the common symptom of this disease includes, memory loss, cognitivedisorder. These issues are adequate enough to hinder the daily life activities of an individual (1).The greatest risk factor to the disease has been seen with increasing age, that is, 65 or older ofthis age. Since, it’s a progressive disease, the symptoms of this disease worsen over time. Thememory loss tends to be mild in initial stage but at the later stage of this disease, a person losesthe capability to carry out any normal conversation with any individual. The symptoms become3
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noticeable. The range of survival after getting in touch of this disease is 4 to 20 years. It hasmajor dependence of health conditions and progressive state of Alzheimer’s disease.The experts have estimated that 40% of the people who are suffering from Alzheimer’sdisease have significant prevalence of depression as well. The identification of depression in thepatients who are suffering from Alzheimer’s is quite difficult. There are common symptoms toAlzheimer’s and depression. These are, apathy, social withdrawal, trouble in concentrating,impaired thinking behaviour, isolation etc. Depression may be different in Alzheimer’s disease.It may be less severe and the patients of Alzheimer’s disease less likely to attempt suicide (2).It is difficult to diagnose depression in Alzheimer’s patients. Hence, the medical healthcare professional opts for review of person’s medical history, physical and mental healthexamination of the patient and interviewing the family and friends in order to assess thebehavioural aspect of the patient.AIM OF THE PROJECTThe aim of the project will be “To assess the Prevalence of Depression in Alzheimer’sDisease.”In order to fulfil the requirements of the project, the prevalence rate of depression inAlzheimer’s patient will be studied. The occurrence will be ascertained by conducting aninterview method study among the patients of Alzheimer’s. LITERATURE REVIEWObjective of search: The primary study that has been done on the same topic so that theliterature can be studied appropriately.Eligibility criteria: The studies are considered within the time span of 2012 to 2017.These arethe latest studies conducted by the researcher which will help in giving current knowledgeregarding the stated topic. All the selected articles are in English.The studies help in calculate the prevalence of depression among Alzheimer’s patients.The collected information from the articles of peer reviewed journals will help in havingappropriate knowledge base for the stated topic (3).The search: Authentic sources are used to conduct the research. Further the method beingused in the study are thoroughly checked. In order to fulfil the requirements, PubMed, PLOS andThe American Journal of Psychiatry database of medical has been used to analyse differentjournals which are directly related to the topic. The terms of search used were, prevalence,4
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