Extrinsic and Intrinsic Help-Seeking Motivation in the Assessment of Cognitive Decline.

ABSTRACT: Diagnostic assessments for dementia include the evaluation of subjective memory impairment, dementia worries, or depressive symptoms. Data on the predictive value of these factors remain unclear, and varying help-seeking behavior may contribute to this finding. We investigate whether differentiating help-seeking motivation from other psychological factors associated with cognitive impairment would enhance the prediction of diagnostic outcomes in a memory clinic. We obtained information on help-seeking motivation from 171 patients who underwent routine diagnostic assessments. Utilizing a discriminant correspondence analysis, our results indicate that extrinsic motivation increases the likelihood of receiving a dementia diagnosis, whereas depression or the duration of deficits carries discri

SUBMITTER: Haussmann R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10852475 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature