Selective impact of disease on short-term and long-term components of self-reported memory: a population-based HUNT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subjective memory is commonly considered to be a unidimensional measure. However, theories of performance-based memory suggest that subjective memory could be divided into more than one dimension.

Objective

To divide subjective memory into theoretically related components of memory and explore the relationship to disease.

Methods

In this study, various aspects of self-reported memory were studied with respect to demographics and diseases in the third wave of the HUNT epidemiological study in middle Norway. The study included all individuals 55 years of age or older, who responded to a nine-item questionnaire on subjective memory and questionnaires on health (n=18 633).

Results

A principle component analysis of the memory items resulted in two memory

SUBMITTER: Almkvist O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566596 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature