Subjective memory complaints in community dwelling healthy older people: the influence of brain and psychopathology†
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M. Bartley
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Dr. M. Bartley, Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorA. L. Bokde
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorM. Ewers
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorY. O. Faluyi
Older People's Services, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Search for more papers by this authorW. O. Tobin
Department of Neurology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorA. Snow
Department of Radiology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Connolly
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorC. Delaney
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorT. Coughlan
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorD. R. Collins
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorH. Hampel
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorD. O'Neill
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
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M. Bartley
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Dr. M. Bartley, Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorA. L. Bokde
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorM. Ewers
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorY. O. Faluyi
Older People's Services, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Search for more papers by this authorW. O. Tobin
Department of Neurology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorA. Snow
Department of Radiology, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Connolly
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorC. Delaney
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorT. Coughlan
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorD. R. Collins
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorH. Hampel
Discipline of Psychiatry and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorD. O'Neill
Centre for Ageing, Neuroscience and the Humanities, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Ireland
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Abstract
Objectives
Subjective memory complaints (SMC) are common. We aimed to characterize the relationship between psychiatric illness and white matter disease to SMC in a sample of healthy older people.
Measurements
Cognitively normal subjects between 55 and 90 years had age-adjusted and education-adjusted Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD) scores ≤1.5 SD from standard mean. ApoE genotyping was performed using polymerase chain reaction. Sixty subjects (30 SMC, 30 controls) underwent 3T MRI, which was rated by two raters blinded to the diagnosis, for periventricular (PVH) and deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMH) using the Fazekas scale. Subjective memory was assessed by asking the participant, Do you feel like your memory or thinking is becoming worse?
Results
Two hundred and fifteen volunteers were assessed. Ninety-six were cognitively normal (mean age 62.5 years). SMC were reported by 52/96 subjects (54%). These were compared with subjects who denied SMC. Participants with a history of depression or anxiety were more likely to have SMC (p = 0.02). The frequency distribution of ApoE4 allele and CERAD scores were similar. White matter load was similar (p ≤ 0.47), with a high prevalence of PVH and DWMH seen (100% and 88% of scans, respectively).
Conclusion
Both SMC and white matter disease were common. SMC were associated with a history of depression or anxiety but not with white matter disease. Evaluation for a history of depression and anxiety in people with SMC is supported by these findings. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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