Prevalence and correlates of subjective memory complaints in Vietnamese adults

Meyer, Oanh L.; Leggett, Amanda; Liu, Siwei; Nguyen, Ngoc H.

doi:10.1017/s104161021700254x

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“…born before the end of WWII). The SMC has been recognized as an indicator of aging and depression (Meyer et al, 2018;Smith et al, 1996), with an increasing number of studies suggesting that it may also be an early marker of future nonnormative cognitive decline and progression of dementia (Jorm et al, 2001;Reisberg et al, 2010;St John and Montgomery, 2002;Wang et al, 2004). A recent meta-analysis of longitudinal studies reported that the annual conversion rate of SMC to dementia is 2.3%, and people with SMC are 2.07 times more likely to develop dementia compared with those without SMC (Mitchell et al, 2014).…”

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Association between childhood socioeconomic status and subjective memory complaints among older adults: results from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study 2010

Nishizawa

Morita

Fujiwara

et al. 2019

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Background:Subjective memory complaints (SMC) have been suggested as an early marker of mild cognitive impairment and dementia. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the effects of early life conditions on the development of SMC in old age. This study is aimed at investigating the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and SMC in community-dwelling older adults.Methods:We used the data of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, a population-based cohort study of people aged 65 years or older enrolled from 28 municipalities across Japan. Childhood SES and SMC in everyday life were assessed from the self-report questionnaire administered in 2010 (n = 16,184). Poisson regression was performed to determine their association, adjusted for potential confounders and life-course mediators and examined cohort effects.Results:We identified SMC in 47.4% of the participants. After adjusting for sex, age, and number of siblings, low and middle childhood SES were associated with 29% (prevalence ratio [PR]: 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.22, 1.36) and 10% higher prevalence of SMC (PR: 1.10, 95%CI: 1.04, 1.17), respectively, compared with high childhood SES (p for trend <.001). The interaction terms between childhood SES and age groups were not statistically significant.Conclusion:Childhood SES is significantly associated with SMC among community-dwelling older adults. Efforts to minimize childhood poverty may diminish or delay the onset of SMC and dementia in later life.

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Association between childhood socioeconomic status and subjective memory complaints among older adults: results from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study 2010

Nishizawa

Morita

Fujiwara

et al. 2019

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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“…Furthermore, it is plausible the alcohol-related cognitive impairment in men is mediated by other risk factors. For example, personal and social factors including life dissatisfaction, depression, economic, nancial and relational stressors which are associated with alcohol use among Ghanaian men (47,48) are likewise enduring correlates of SCCs (10,15,49,50). Although more research is required for a better understanding of the relationship between alcohol and SCCs in the Ghanaian context, our results a rm the need for public health intervention to target the reduction in alcohol consumption in both males and females (46).…”

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“…Age, education, marital status, health insurance status, household wealth index, rural-urban residence, and region of residence were selected as control variables for this study. The selection of these variables as covariates was based on ndings from previous studies (10,18,42) and their availability in the datasets.…”

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“…Even though the relationship between SCCs and objective measures of cognition have come under scrutiny (15), reports of SCCs can provide substantial preliminary information to guide further objective measurement and diagnoses (16,17). Several variables including depression, alcohol use, older adults, low education, and females are reported as correlates of SCCs (10,18,19).…”

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Past Month Alcohol Intake and Subjective Cognitive Complaints Amongst Men and Women in Ghana

Dey¹,

Ko²,

Darkwah³

et al. 2021

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Background: Alcohol is widely used globally, and its intake has deleterious effects on cognitive functions. The relationship between alcohol intake and cognition has received extensive scientific investigation elsewhere but with little to no research coming from Ghana. The study examined the relationship between past-month alcohol intake and subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) amongst men and women controlling for the effects of covariates.Methods: Data of 4358 men and 12483 women aged 18 to 49 years from the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Six (GMICS 6) collected between 2017 and 2018 was used. Participants responded to self-report single-item questions measuring past month alcohol use and cognition difficulty levels. Ordered logistic regression models were built separately for men and women in Stata 14. Results: After adjusting for age, education levels, insurance, marital status, rural-urban residence, and region of residence, it was found that past-month alcohol intake was related to high levels of SCCs. However, the size of the odds ratio indicated a slightly higher effect in men [APOR=1.38, 95% CI:1.07, 1.79] than in women [APOR=1.24, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.46]. Other significant relationships between covariates and SCCs are reported. Conclusion: Past month alcohol intake is related to high levels of SCCs of Ghanaian men and women. This finding highlights the need to implement and enforce policies to regulate the harmful use of alcohol amongst Ghanaians.

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“…One explanation for the association between depressive symptomatology and SCD discussed in the literature is that people with a depressive symptomatology "may pay more attention to or monitor their state more closely for negative or problematic symptoms" (p. 1040). 64 This sensitivity to negative changes in personal health states might also be typical for people high on the personality trait of emotionality/neuroticism. 65 Quite a number of studies have investigated the relationship between this personality characteristic and subjective cognitive complaint, consistently finding low to moderate positive associations between both.…”

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Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of subjectively perceived decline in five cognitive domains: Results from a population‐based cohort study in Germany

Schütz

Caspers

Moebus

et al. 2020

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Objective Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) was frequently investigated for memory in healthy aging or in relation to diseases like dementia. It was found to be related to sociodemographic and psychological variables as well as cognitive abilities. The prevalence of SCD in other cognitive domains and their relation to these variables is largely unknown to date. The present study aimed to fill this gap. Methods A total of 807 subjects (18‐85 years of age, M = 57.8 years, female: 43%) completed the Juelich Questionnaire on Subjective Cognitive Decline, to investigate SCD in memory, attention, language, motor, and executive functions. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate association of depressive symptomatology, emotionality, and general cognitive performance as well as age, gender, and educational attainment with domain‐specific SCD. Results The highest prevalence rate was obtained for the memory domain (65.9%), followed by the attention (54.6%), motor (52.9%), executive (39.7%), and language domain (31.5%). Of the psychosocial factors, only age, depressive symptomatology and emotionality were consistently and strongly associated with domain‐specific SCD prevalence. Conclusions SCD is prevalent not only in the memory domain, but also in other major cognitive domains. Our results also suggest that the suspicion from previous research, that subjective memory decline might be more strongly associated with depressive symptomatology and emotionality than with actual decline of cognitive performance, might also apply to the attention, motor, executive, and language domain. Further investigations using neuropsychological testing for specific cognitive functions and employing longitudinal designs are required for substantiating this suspicion.

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Prevalence and correlates of subjective memory complaints in Vietnamese adults

Cited by 11 publications

References 61 publications

Association between childhood socioeconomic status and subjective memory complaints among older adults: results from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study 2010

Association between childhood socioeconomic status and subjective memory complaints among older adults: results from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study 2010

Past Month Alcohol Intake and Subjective Cognitive Complaints Amongst Men and Women in Ghana

Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of subjectively perceived decline in five cognitive domains: Results from a population‐based cohort study in Germany

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