AVALIAÇÃO DE IDOSOS EM ESCALA DE DEPRESSÃO GERIÁTRICA (EDG) APÓS DOSAGEM SÉRICA DE VITAMINA B12

Authors

  • Amanda Jhully Rodrigues Lopes Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Isadora Teixeira Boaventura Universidade Federal do Tocantins https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-9710
  • Erick de Souza Parreira Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Bruno Gabriel Gonçalves Batista Teixeira Universidade Federal do Tocantins https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0001-0515
  • Adria Maria Simões Silva de Mendonça
  • Erminiana Damiani de Mendonça Universidade Federal do Tocantins https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-2350

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/2024_v3_3

Abstract

Vitamin B12 deficiency is related to neurological and cognitive disorders, which can cause depression and neurological dementia. It is feasible to establish a relationship between the study of B12 deficiency and depression in the elderly. The study was carried out with 90 elderly people from UMA-TO using the reduced geriatric depression scale and related to previously collected serum B12 dosage data. Among the 90 elderly people evaluated, 42.2% had B12 deficiency, of which 28.9% also had mild or severe depression. The possibility of supporting B12 supplementation in the treatment of these elderly people gains relevance. Because depressed individuals who take replacement therapy respond better to treatment, and individuals without depressive symptoms, when treated with vitamin B12, have a lower risk of depression. The results showed the relationship between vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly people and signs of depression in a proportion of almost 30%, which associates the presence of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly people with depressive symptoms, not as a cause-effect relationship, but as a relationship relevant to clinical medical practice.

Published

2024-04-22

How to Cite

Rodrigues Lopes, A. J., Teixeira Boaventura, I., Erick de Souza Parreira, Gonçalves Batista Teixeira, B. G., Simões Silva de Mendonça , A. M., & Damiani de Mendonça, E. (2024). AVALIAÇÃO DE IDOSOS EM ESCALA DE DEPRESSÃO GERIÁTRICA (EDG) APÓS DOSAGEM SÉRICA DE VITAMINA B12. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.20873/2024_v3_3