Objective: To evaluate the association between depressive symptom dimensions and
incident dementia in a community sample of older persons. Methods: Depressive symptoms
at baseline and incident dementia at 3-year follow-up were assessed with the Geriatric
Mental State (GMS)–Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy in
nondemented persons aged 65 years or older. Exploratory and confirmatory bifactor
analysis on the depression items yielded a general depression factor characterized by all …

Methods 1911 non-demented subjects from a population-based study were interviewed with
the GMS-Agecat at baseline and at three-year follow-up. GMS-AGECAT provides diagnoses
of depression and anxiety disorder as well as dementia. Confirmatory factor analysis on the
GMS depression items resulted in an affective and an organic/cognitive symptom dimension.
The association between the depressive symptom dimensions and incidence of dementia
was evaluated with logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, educational level …