Memory complaints and test performance in healthy elderly persons

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Paulo Mattos²  Valéria Lino¹  Luciana Rizo¹  Ângela Alfano¹  Cátia Araújo¹  Ronir Raggio¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Institute of Psychiatry Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: memory;    cognition;    ageing;    neuropsychological tests;    memória;    cognição;    envelhecimento;    testes neuropsicológicos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2003000600006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In order to compare the use of a structured self-report questionnaire with direct questioning about memory problems, 71 healthy and independent aged individuals (63 women) from the community without risk factors for cognitive deficits were objectively asked about subjective memory complaints (SMC), given the Memory Complaint Questionnaire (MAC-Q) and then submitted to the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT). SMC positively correlated with higher scores on MAC-Q, although a significant percentage of the sample had SMC and lower scores on MAC-Q and also no SMC and higher scores on MAC-Q. Performance on RAVLT was significantly worse (p<0.05) for the group presenting SMC but not for the group with higher scores on the MAC-Q. We conclude that direct questioning maybe more clinically significant than a self report questionnaire, at least for elderly persons from the community without risk factors for cognitive decline or depression.

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