ArticleAnnals of family medicine2019
Associations of Subjective Memory Complaints and Simple Memory Task Scores With Future Dementia in the Primary Care Setting.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Subjective Cognitive Decline: Level of Risk for Future Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment, a Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Neuropsychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Subjective Cognitive Decline with Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Longitudinal Studies.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's diseasePooled it
- Differential associations between subjective and objective physical activity and memory across adulthood: a specification curve analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association of Subjective Memory Complaints With Neuropathologic Changes at Age 90 or Older: The 90+ Study.Neurology · 2025Article
- Association between Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Indicators of Reflecting Independent Living among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impaired glymphatic function as a biomarker for subjective cognitive decline: An exploratory dual cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Uncovering mnestic problems in help-seeking individuals reporting subjective cognitive complaints.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The use of subjective cognitive complaints for detecting mild cognitive impairment in older adults across cultural and linguistic groups: A comparison of the Cognitive Function Instrument to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- Self- and Partner-Reported Subjective Memory Complaints: Association with Objective Cognitive Impairment and Risk of Decline.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2022Article
- Lifestyle Variables Such as Daily Internet Use, as Promising Protective Factors against Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Subjective Memory Complaints. Preliminary Results.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- The Mediational Role of Burden and Perceived Stress in Subjective Memory Complaints in Informal Cancer Caregivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeFamily physicians need simple yet comprehensive algorithms to discriminate between community-dwelling older persons who are at increased risk of dementia and those who are not. We aimed to investigate associations between incident dementia and responses to a single question regarding subjective memory complaints (SMC) combined with scores on 2 simple memory tests that are easy to use in the primary care setting.
methodsAnalyses were based on data from 3,454 community-dwelling older persons who participated in the 6- to 8-year Prevention of Dementia by Intensive Vascular Care (preDIVA) trial, yielding 21,341 person-years of observation. Participants were considered a single cohort. We used Cox models to assess separate and combined associations of SMC, an imperfect score on the Mini-Mental State Examination delayed recall item (MMSE-5), and an imperfect score on the Visual Association Test (VAT) with future dementia.
resultsSubjective memory complaints alone were associated with future dementia (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.01; 95% CI, 2.31-3.94;
conclusionsIn persons with SMC, the strength of the association between future dementia and an imperfect MMSE-5 score depends substantially on the VAT score.
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