Aguiar Ana Cristina Procópio de Oliveira, Ribeiro Miriam Ikeda, Jacinto Alessandro Ferrari
MSc, Psychologist at the Residencial Israelita Albert Einstein.
RN, Manager at the Residencial Israelita Albert Einstein.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2010 Jan-Mar;4(1):54-57. doi: 10.1590/S1980-57642010DN40100009.
Prevalence of subjective memory complaints (SMC) in elderly community dwellers (ECD) ranges from 25 to 50%. Some controversy exists over the association between SMC and cognitive status.
We investigated whether a correlation in cognitive performance existed between two different groups according to SMC.
The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Dementia Rating Scale-Mattis (DRS-Mattis) were applied to two groups: ECD (n=14) with SMC and residents (n=14) of a long-term care facility (LTCF) without SMC.
The median age in the ECD group was 81.0 years, and in the LTCF group was 75.0 years. There was a statistically significant difference (p=0.048) between these groups regarding age. Concerning schooling (1-8 or ≥9 years), there was no statistically significant difference between the groups (p=0.638). No statistically significant difference between the two groups was found for scores on the cognitive tests.
SMC might be related to extrinsic factors other than insipient cognitive decline.
老年社区居民(ECD)中主观记忆主诉(SMC)的患病率在25%至50%之间。关于SMC与认知状态之间的关联存在一些争议。
我们根据SMC调查了两组不同人群在认知表现上是否存在相关性。
对两组人群应用简易精神状态检查表(MMSE)和马蒂斯痴呆评定量表(DRS - Mattis):有SMC的老年社区居民(n = 14)和无SMC的长期护理机构(LTCF)居民(n = 14)。
ECD组的年龄中位数为81.0岁,LTCF组为75.0岁。两组在年龄方面存在统计学显著差异(p = 0.048)。关于受教育程度(1 - 8年或≥9年),两组之间无统计学显著差异(p = 0.638)。两组在认知测试分数上未发现统计学显著差异。
SMC可能与早期认知衰退以外的外在因素有关。