impairment. Therefore, SSD group could be considered in risk of dementia (MCI associated to depressive symptoms).
MCI represents an intermediate state of cognitive function between the changes observed in aging with impairment of memory or another cognitive domain that does not interfere substantially whit personal autonomy (Petersen et al 2001 ). In DSM-5 classification MICis recognized as an entity and is named minor Neurocognitive Disorder
Depression is the most studied and common symptom in MCI (or Minor Neurocognitive Disorder) and dementia (Dillon et al.,2013
4.3. Correlations between cognitive variables and depressive symptoms
When depressive symptoms (BDI) were correlated with cognitive functions in the different depressive groups ,MDD and DD were the only ones that had significant correlations between these variables. Depression in these patients had an impacts had an impact on