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The Gospel Oak Study stage IV: the clinical relevance of subjective memory impairment in older people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

R. Tobiansky ,
R. Blizard ,
G. Livingston  and
A. Mann
R. Tobiansky*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital; the Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital; Department of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
R. Blizard
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital; the Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital; Department of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
G. Livingston
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital; the Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital; Department of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
A. Mann
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital; the Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital; Department of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Robert Tobiansky, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG.
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Synopsis

The prevalence rate of subjective memory impairment (SMI) and its value as a predictor of future depression or dementia was studied in a community sample of elderly residents in one electoral ward using the short-CARE. SMI was found to be common, occurring in 25% of subjects. Subjects with SMI were more likely to be suffering from either dementia or depression than those without the complaint, although 60% of subjects with SMI did not have evidence of either disorder. When followed up over a 2-year period, subjects with SMI were found to be at four-fold greater risk of developing future dementia and two-fold greater risk of developing a depression compared with those without SMI. The SMI scale was not found to be useful as a population screen for dementia or depression, although two of the nine items might have value as screening questions in clinical circumstances to determine those with memory complaints at risk for dementia.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , July 1995 , pp. 779 - 786
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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