Depression, health comorbidities, cognitive symptoms and their functional impact: Not just a geriatric problem

To compare the prevalence of cognitive symptoms and their functional impact by age group accounting for depression and number of other health conditions. We analyzed data from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a population-based, cross-sectional telephone survey of US adults. Twenty-one US states asked participants (n = 131, 273) about cognitive symptoms (worsening confusion or memory loss in the past year) and their functional impact (interference with activities and need for assistance). We analyzed the association between age, depression history and cognitive symptoms and their functional impact using logistic regression and adjusted for demographic characteristics and other health condition count. There was a significant interaction between age and depression (p