November 3, 2010International PsychogeriatricsOpen Access

Multimorbidity and its relation to subjective memory complaints in a large general population of older adults

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Why the study?

Is multimorbidity associated with subjective memory complaints in older adults?

Population

15,188 persons aged 55 years and over living independently in Limburg, the Netherlands

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SASil AartsFontys University of Applied Sciences MAMarjan van den AkkerGoethe University Frankfurt KHKlaasJan HajemaGGD Zuid Limburg

Discussion

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Implication

Should not yet change cognitive evaluation; hypothesis-generating for multimorbidity's sex- and age-specific links.

Structured PICO

Is multimorbidity associated with subjective memory complaints in older adults?

Population

15,188 persons aged 55 years and over living independently in Limburg, the Netherlands

Intervention

Self-reported multimorbidity

Outcome

Three outcomes related to subjective memory complaintspatient reported

Multimorbidity is associated with subjective memory complaints in older adults, highlighting the need to consider physical health when evaluating cognitive complaints.

Cite This Study

Aarts et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89286c8cacd363431a22a3 https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610210002024

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Multimorbidity and its relation to subjective memory complaints in a large general population of older adults

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Multimorbidity and its relation to subjective memory complaints in a large general population of older adults

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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