Unmet needs for assistance related to subjective cognitive decline among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults in the US: prevalence and impact on health-related quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence of unmet needs for assistance among middle-aged and older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) in the US and to evaluate whether unmet needs were associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

US - 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Participants

Community-dwelling adults aged 45 years and older who completed the Cognitive Decline module on the 2015--2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System reported experiencing SCD and always, usually, or sometimes needed assistance with day-to-day activities because of SCD (n = 6,568).

Measurements

We defined SCD as confusion or memory loss that was happening more often or getting worse over the past 12 months.

SUBMITTER: Bouldin ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630807 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature