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Are cognitively intact seniors with subjective memory loss more likely to develop dementia?
Author(s)Philip St John, Patrick Montgomery
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 9, September 2002
Pagespp 814-820
KeywordsMental ageing ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Memory disorders ; Dementia ; Canada.
AnnotationSecondary analysis of data from the 1991 Manitoba Study of Health and Aging (MSHA), a Canadian population-based prospective study, and follow-up five years later determined whether subjective memory loss (SML) in those with normal cognition predicts dementia or cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND). In bivariate analysis, SML was associated with both death and dementia. In multivariate models, SML did not predict mortality. After adjusting for age, gender and depressive symptoms, SML predicted dementia. However, after adjusting for baseline 3MS (the modified Mini Mental State Examination - MMSE) score, SML did not predict dementia. Thus, SML alone is unlikely to be a useful clinical predictor of dementia. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-021203001 A
ClassmarkD6: DB: EH: EA: 7S

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