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| Subjective memory deterioration and future dementia in people aged 65 and older | | Author(s) | Li Wang, Gerald van Belle, Paul K Crane |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 12, December 2004 |
| Pages | pp 2045-2051 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Mental ageing ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Memory disorders ; Dementia ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 1,883 dementia-free subjects aged 65+ were selected from the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study, and had scored 91 or higher on the 100-point Cognitive Ability Screening Instrument (CASI). Subjective memory was assessed by asking whether memory had changed on 5-point Likert scales with regard to five items: remembering names, faces, friends, and appointments, and judging the time. The items were summed for a possible total score ranging from 5 to 25. Subjective memory deterioration was defined as present if the total score was 20 or above. Cognitive performance was measured using the CASI. Incident dementia cases were identified using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) criteria. 126 of the subjects developed dementia during the 5 years of follow-up. Subjective memory deterioration was associated with cognitive decline and incident dementia. Age modified the association between subjective memory deterioration and future dementia. Subjective memory deterioration was found to precede the development of dementia in older people with normal cognitive screening results. These findings suggest that a high level of subjective memory deterioration in people with normal objective cognitive function may identify a subset of individuals at greater risk for developing dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050215208 A |
| Classmark | D6: DB: EH: EA: 3J: 7T |
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