TAILIEUCHUNG - Subjective memory complaints and cognitive performance in a sample of healthy elderly

A recent government health survey found that 1 to 5 per cent of elderly people who drank more than occasionally were ‘problem drinkers’, reporting significant psychological and/or physical dependence on alcohol. Other studies have found higher proportions of elderly problem drinkers, especially in men. One found 5 - 12 per cent of men in their 60’s to have alcohol problems. Another possible measure is the proportion of older people exceeding government recommended “sensible limits” for regular consumption, although there is a question as to whether the limits are appropriate for the elderly, as they are based on evidence relating to younger age groups. Older people may be more. | Dementia Neuropsychologia 2008 2 1 42-45 Subjective memory complaints and cognitive performance in a sample of healthy elderly Paulo Caramelli Rogério Gomes Beato Abstract - Memory loss is a major complaint among the elderly population. However the clinical significance of this symptom is variable and also controversial in the scientific literature. Objective To compare the cognitive performance of two groups of healthy elderly one group with and the other without subjective memory complaints SMC . Methods Sixty cognitively intact elderly individuals 39 females and 21 males aged years and with educational level of years were included in the study. Participants were submitted to the MiniMental State Examination and to the Cornell depression scale in order to rule out global cognitive impairment and depression respectively. Moreover they answered the MAC-Q a questionnaire devised to evaluate subjective impression of memory function. Subsequently they were submitted to the digit span forward and backward the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery and to the Frontal Assessment Battery. Results Twenty-seven individuals had MAC-Q scores 25 and thus were classified as not having SMC while 33 had MAC-Q scores 25 and were considered to have SMC. No differences for age gender education and MMSE scores were found between the two groups. The comparison between the performance of the groups of complainers and non-complainers on the different cognitive tests yielded no significant difference although there was a trend toward non-complain-ers performing better on incidental memory. Conclusions The presence of SMC was not associated to objective memory impairment or to other cognitive deficits in this group of elderly individuals. Key words aging memory cognition neuropsychological tests. Queixas de perda de memória e desempenho cognitivo em uma amostra de idosos saudáveis Resumo - Perda de memória é uma queixa frequente na populaẹão idosa. Entretanto seu significado .

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