Memory Complaints Associated with Seeking Clinical Care
Joint Authors
Pires, Carolina
de Mendonça, Alexandre
Guerreiro, Manuela
Ginó, Sandra
Maroco, João
Mendes, Tiago
Silva, Dina
Schmand, Ben A.
Source
International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment relies on the presence of memory complaints.
However, memory complaints are very frequent in healthy people.
The objective of this study was to determine the severity and type of memory difficulties presented by elderly patients who seek for clinical help, as compared to the memory difficulties reported by subjects in the community.
Assessment of subjective memory complaints was done with the subjective memory complaints scale (SMC).
The mini-mental state examination was used for general cognitive evaluation and the geriatric depression scale for the assessment of depressive symptoms.
Eight-hundred and seventy-one nondemented subjects older than 50 years were included.
Participants in the clinical setting had a higher total SMC score (10.3±4.2) than those in the community (5.1±3.0).
Item 3 of the SMC, Do you ever forget names of family members or friends? contributed significantly more to the variance of the total SMC score in the clinical sample (18%) as compared to the community sample (11%).
Forgetting names of family members or friends plays an important role in subjective memory complaints in the clinical setting.
This symptom is possibly perceived as particularly worrisome and likely drives people to seek for clinical help.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pires, Carolina& Silva, Dina& Maroco, João& Ginó, Sandra& Mendes, Tiago& Schmand, Ben A.…[et al.]. 2012. Memory Complaints Associated with Seeking Clinical Care. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pires, Carolina…[et al.]. Memory Complaints Associated with Seeking Clinical Care. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pires, Carolina& Silva, Dina& Maroco, João& Ginó, Sandra& Mendes, Tiago& Schmand, Ben A.…[et al.]. Memory Complaints Associated with Seeking Clinical Care. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-493638