The roles of study setting, response bias, and personality in subjective memory complaints of cognitively normal older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated subjective memory complaints in older adults and the roles of setting, response bias, and personality.

Design

Cognitively normal older adults from two settings completed questionnaires measuring memory complaints, response bias, and personality.

Settings

(A) Neuroimaging study with community-based recruitment and (B) academic memory clinic.

Participants

Cognitively normal older adults who (A) volunteer for research (N = 92) or (B) self-referred to a memory clinic (N = 20).

Measurements

Neuropsychological evaluation and adjudication of normal cognitive status were done by the neuroimaging study or memory clinic. This study administered self-reports of subjective memory complaints, response bias, five-factor personality,

SUBMITTER: Goldberg SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501183 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature