Awareness of memory abilities in community-dwelling older adults with suspected dementia and mild cognitive impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine awareness of memory abilities by groups (healthy control, suspected dementia/mild cognitive impairment, MCI, and diagnosed dementia/MCI), and to describe group differences in the relationship between awareness and cognitive performance in a community sample.

Methods

In a cross-sectional design, 183 subjects were evaluated in a community setting and categorized into 3 groups based on their cognitive performance and reported medical history. Awareness of memory abilities was quantified using a published anosognosia ratio (AR) comparing the estimated to the objective memory performance by subjects. Each group was further categorized into 'overestimators', 'accurate estimators', and 'underestimators' based on their AR scores.

Results

The suspected and diag

SUBMITTER: Lin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3214821 | biostudies-literature | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature