doi:10.1155/2012/175019 Research Article Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Depression among a Population Aged over 60 Years in theMetropolitan Area of

License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. Cognitive impairment is an important clinical issue among elderly patients with depression and has a more complex etiology because of the variable rate of neurodegenerative changes associated with depression. The aim of the present work was to examine the prevalence of cognitive impairment and depression in a representative sample of adults aged ≥60 years. Methods. The presented work was a cross-sectional study on the prevalence of cognitive impairment and depression. Door-to-door interview technique was assigned in condition with multistage probability random sampling to obtain subjects that represent a population of the Guadalajara metropolitan area (GMA), Mexico. Cognitive function and depression were assessed by applying standardize