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ArticleDementia & neuropsychologia

Memory complaint scale (MCS). Proposed tool for active systematic search.

Francisco A C Vale, Ari P Balieiro, José Humberto Silva-Filho

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Article in Dementia & neuropsychologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05748613 (Treatment of Stress and Anxiety in Mild Cognitive Impairment/Mild Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - RCT), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers.

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Treatment of Stress and Anxiety in Mild Cognitive Impairment/Mild Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - RCT

TypeinterventionalSponsorFlorida State UniversityRan2023 to 2028Enrolled388ConditionsAnxiety, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, DementiaArmsComputerized Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment, Health Education Control
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3 authors.

Francisco A C ValePhD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Neurologist, São Carlos SP, Brazil.
Ari P BalieiroMasters, Assistant Researcher of the Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology Group of the UFSCar and the Laboratory of Psychological Assessment of the UFAM, psychologist.
José Humberto Silva-FilhoPhD, Adjunct Professor of the School of Psychology of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), psychologist, Manaus AM, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subjective Memory Complaints (SMC) are frequent among adults and elderly and are associated with poor quality of life. The etiology and clinical significance of SMCs are unclear, but these complaints are associated with objective cognitive decline or with depression, anxiety and psychosocial stressors. Biological and physiological brain alterations resembling those in Alzheimer's Disease have been found in SMC. SMC can evolve with different outcomes and represent the initial symptom or a risk factor of dementia. Active systematic search can be useful for early screening of candidates for preventive or therapeutic interventions. Objective: To propose a Memory Complaints Scale (MCS) as an instrument for actively searching for memory complaints and to investigate its utility for discriminating demented from cognitively normal elderly. Methods: A total of 161 patients from a teaching behavioral neurology outpatient unit of a tertiary hospital were studied. The MCS was used in two ways, by direct application to the patient and by application to the patient's companion. Cognitive tests assessing depression and daily living activities were also applied. Results: High Cronbach's alpha coefficients were found for the two application methods. Correlations between the two versions and the other instruments administered for patients grouped by type and severity of dementia were also found. Conclusion: The MCS is a useful scale for identifying memory complaints and discriminating demented from cognitively normal elderly. Further studies confirming these findings are warranted.

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dementiamemorypsychometric testssubjective memory complaints

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PMCPMC5619332

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