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| Prevalence and covariates of subjective forgetfulness in a normal population in the Netherlands | | Author(s) | Rudolf W H M Ponds, Kees J A M Commissaris, Jellemer Jolles |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 45, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 207-222 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Older people ; Adults ; Young adults [20-25] ; Attitude ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The prevalence and co-variates of forgetfulness in a sample of nearly 2,000 subjects aged between 24 and 86 years old were examined in this study from the Netherlands. Nearly 40% of the participants considered themselves to be forgetful. There was a systematic increase in the prevalence of forgetfulness with age, from 29% in the young age group to 52% in the oldest age group. Forgetfulness was not considered to be a serious problem in terms of perceived hindrance and worry by most subjects, independent of their age. Age, depression, and subjective health (especially complaints about vitality) acted as co-variates of forgetfulness. Gender and education had no effect on the prevalence of forgetfulness. The younger adults ascribed their forgetfulness more to potentially reversible and manageable memory-extrinsic causes such as tension and emotional problems, whereas older adults mentioned less manageable and more or less irreversible memory-intrinsic causes, such as ageing, more often. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827242 A |
| Classmark | DB: B: SD: SD6: DP: 76H |
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