ArticleAlzheimer's research & therapy2020
Trajectories of subjective cognitive decline, and the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
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- Diagnostic potential of near-infrared spectroscopy in mild cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disorders: Implications for resource-limited settings.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Pooled it
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- Just Semantics? How Diagnostic Criteria Influence Physician-Patient Narratives in Alzheimer's Disease.Neuro-degenerative diseases · 2026Article
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- The predictive role of olfactory identification on episodic memory and mild cognitive impairment: Results from the CIMA-Q cohort.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Association between sleep duration and healthy aging among older adults: evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Individualized prediction of transition from subjective cognitive decline to mild cognitive impairment based on multimodal MRI: a 10-year follow-up study.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Article
- An Ultra-Brief Informant Questionnaire for Case Finding of Cognitive Impairment Across Diverse Literacy: Diagnostic Accuracy Study.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Why some minds bend, not break: an exploratory study of cognitive and psychological performance across levels of cognitive reserve in subjective cognitive decline.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Factors affecting subjective cognitive decline in older adults based on the health ecological model: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- User Engagement With and Perceived Impact of a Digital Cognitive Training App on Cognition, Daily Functioning, and Mental Fitness: Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Regional tau PET patterns predict prospective domain-specific cognitive decline in early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Loneliness and subjective cognitive concerns in daily life.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Individual Sleep Problems Are Associated With an Accelerated Decline in Multiple Cognitive Functions in Older Adults.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Sleep disturbances and disorders in the memory clinic: Self-report, actigraphy, and polysomnography.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2025Article
- Validity evidence for the Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS)Advances in patient-reported outcomes · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn cognitively normal individuals, subjective cognitive decline (SCD) has been reported to predict MCI and dementia (MCI/dementia). However, prior studies mostly captured SCD at single time-points without considering the longitudinal course of SCD. This study examined whether the trajectories of SCD provide any added information-beyond one-time assessments of SCD-on the risk of MCI/dementia.
methodsThis cohort study included 5661 participants from the Alzheimer's Disease Centers across the USA, who were ≥ 50 years and had normal cognition in the first-four annual visits (year 1 to year 4). The participants were evaluated for SCD in the first-four annual visits (year 1 to year 4), and followed-up almost annually (year 4 up to year 14) for incident MCI/dementia. SCD trajectories (as identified from latent-class-growth-curve-analysis) were included in Cox regression to estimate their risks of MCI/dementia, with analyses further stratified by age (< 75 years versus ≥ 75 years; based on median-split).
resultsCompared to those without SCD (in the first-four annual visits), Intermittent SCD (i.e., reported in 1-2 of the first-four annual visits) predicted a higher risk (HR 1.4) and Persistent SCD (i.e., reported in 3-4 of the first-four annual visits) predicted the highest risk (HR 2.2), with the results remaining significant even after adjusting for baseline SCD. Age-stratified analysis revealed that the risk associated with Intermittent SCD was only present in older individuals, while risk related to Persistent SCD was consistently present across the younger and older age groups. Age compounded the effects of the trajectories, whereby older individuals with Persistent SCD had > 75% probability of developing MCI/dementia by 10 years, in contrast to < 25% probability by 10 years in younger individuals with No SCD.
conclusionsThe findings demonstrate the utility of SCD trajectories-especially when used in combination with age strata-in identifying high-risk populations for preventive interventions and trials. They also suggest a potential modification in the current SCD criteria, with the inclusion of "persistent SCD over several years" as a feature of SCD plus.
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