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No clear associations between subjective memory concerns and subsequent change in cognitive function : the PATH through life study
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Xu, Ying, Warwick, Jane, Eramudugolla, Ranmalee, Huque, Hamidul, Anstey, Kaarin J. and Peters, Ruth (2022) No clear associations between subjective memory concerns and subsequent change in cognitive function : the PATH through life study. European Journal of Ageing, 19 . pp. 1181-1188. doi:10.1007/s10433-022-00694-2
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00694-2
Abstract
The literature on subjective memory concerns (SMC) as a predictor for future cognitive decline is varied. Furthermore, recent research has pointed to additional complexity arising from variability in the experience of SMC themselves (i.e. whether they are remitting or sustained over time). We investigated the associations between SMC and objectively measured cognition in an Australian population-based cohort. Four waves (4-year intervals between waves) of data from 1236 participants (aged 62.4 ± 1.5 years, 53% male) were used. We categorized participants as experiencing SMC, when they indicated that their memory problems might interfere with their day-to-day life and/or they had seen a doctor about their memory. SMC was categorized as “no” reported SMC, “remitting”, “new-onset” or “sustained” SMC. Cognitive assessment of immediate and delayed recall, working memory, psychomotor speed, attention and processing speed were assessed using a neuropsychological battery. Eighteen percent of participants were characterised as having SMC: 6% (77) “remitting”, 6% (77) “new-onset” and 6% (69) “sustained” SMC. There was no consistent evidence for an association between SMC and subsequent decline in cognition. However, SMC was associated with poorer performance on contemporaneous tasks of attention and processing speed compared to “no” SMC. Asking about SMC may indicate a current decline in cognitive function but, in this sample at least, did not indicate an increased risk of future decline.
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Older people , Memory, Dementia , Older people -- Psychology, Aging -- Psychological aspects, Cognition in old age , Cognition in old age -- Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Ageing | ||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1613-9372 | ||||||||||||||||||
Official Date: | December 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1181-1188 | ||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10433-022-00694-2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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