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Physical and Mental Health Characteristics of 2,962 Adults With Subjective Cognitive Complaints.
Van Patten, Ryan; Nguyen, Tanya T; Mahmood, Zanjbeel; Lee, Ellen E; Daly, Rebecca E; Palmer, Barton W; Wu, Tsung-Chin; Tu, Xin; Jeste, Dilip V; Twamley, Elizabeth W.
Affiliation
  • Van Patten R; 1811 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Nguyen TT; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.
  • Mahmood Z; 8784 Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Lee EE; Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, CA, USA.
  • Daly RE; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Palmer BW; Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, CA, USA.
  • Wu TC; San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, CA, USA.
  • Tu X; 8784 Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Jeste DV; Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Twamley EW; 8784 Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev ; 94(4): 459-477, 2022 06.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34192887
We investigated subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs), as well as physical and mental health factors, in adults and older adults. U.S. residents (N = 2,962) were recruited via the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform and completed a 90-item survey. Overall, 493/1930 (25.5%) of younger adults and 278/1032 (26.9%) of older adults endorsed SCCs. Analyses revealed worse physical and mental health characteristics in the SCC+ compared to the SCC- group, with primarily medium (Cohen's d = 0.50) to large (0.80) effect sizes. Age did not moderate relationships between SCCs and physical/mental health. Results suggest that SCCs are associated with a diverse set of negative health characteristics such as poor sleep and high body mass index, and lower levels of positive factors, including happiness and wisdom. Effect sizes of psychological correlates were at least as large as those of physical correlates, indicating that mental health is critical to consider when evaluating SCCs.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Mental Health / Cognition Limits: Aged / Humans Language: En Journal: Int J Aging Hum Dev Year: 2022 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Mental Health / Cognition Limits: Aged / Humans Language: En Journal: Int J Aging Hum Dev Year: 2022 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States