Correlated change in memory complaints and memory performance across 12 years.

Mascherek, Anna; Zimprich, Daniel

doi:10.1037/a0023156

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“…People who showed greater performance declines in memory than their peers were more likely than their peers to report perceiving their mem ory to decline. Similar outcomes were detected by Mascherek and Zimprich (2011) using the ILSE sample (mean age = 62.9 years at Time 1, SD = .91 at Time 1). They conducted second-order latent growth curve modeling to investigate the mutual development of memory problems and memory complaints over the course of 12 years.…”

Section: Longitudinal Studies Of Subjective Memory and Objective Memorysupporting

confidence: 74%

“…Not only was the latent variable well-defined, but the relationship of covariates to com plaints replicated phenomena reported in other studies. The lack of correlations of changes in memory complaint and in memory performance (latent growth curve slopes) is inconsistent with two other recent studies (Parisi et al, 2011;Mascherek & Zimprich, 2011). One important difference between these studies and BASE is the age range of the samples.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 59%

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Little evidence for links between memory complaints and memory performance in very old age: Longitudinal analyses from the Berlin Aging Study.

Pearman¹,

Hertzog²,

Gerstorf

2014

Psychology and Aging

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between memory complaint and memory performance were examined in a sample of old-old participants from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE; N = 504, ages 70 to 100, age M = 84.7 at study onset). Participants were measured 4 times over the course of 6 years. Similar to many previous studies, initial cross-sectional memory complaints were predicted by depression and neuroticism, but not memory performance. Subjective age also predicted memory complaint independent of other variables. Latent growth curve models based on age and time in the study revealed that memory complaints did not change in level with age or time, and manifested no reliable random effects (individual differences in change). These models also detected no significant relationship between changes in memory and either initial memory complaint or changes in memory complaint over age or over time. None of the covariates that predicted initial memory complaints were related to changes in memory complaints over time. An autoregressive latent variable model for memory complaints, consistent with a conceptualization of complaints as judgments constructed from beliefs and other influences in the moment, did detect a concurrent effect of memory on memory complaints at the third occasion, controlling on initial complaints. These results suggest that for the oldest-old, changes in memory complaints may not primarily reflect monitoring of actual age-related memory changes, but rather are affected by other variables, including age-based memory stereotypes, neuroticism, depression, and concerns about aging.

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Section: Longitudinal Studies Of Subjective Memory and Objective Memorysupporting

confidence: 74%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 59%

Little evidence for links between memory complaints and memory performance in very old age: Longitudinal analyses from the Berlin Aging Study.

Pearman¹,

Hertzog²,

Gerstorf

2014

Psychology and Aging

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“…Additional limitations include our separate linear mixed effects models approach, as several studies reporting covariation between SCC and OM used latent growth curve modeling (Hulur et al, 2015; Mascherek & Zimprich, 2011; Parisi et al, 2011; Snitz et al, 2015; Zimprich & Kurtz, 2015); which could be particularly useful as our sample ages and likelihood of variability in cognitive function increases. Also, the low test–retest reliability of the IQCODE is inconsistent with previous reliability measurements (Jorm & Jacomb, 1989; Jorm, Scott, Cullen, & MacKinnon, 1991; Jorm, 2004) and again may be partially due to the relatively healthy status and younger age of our sample.…”

Section: Limitations and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Longitudinal studies using multiple time points and controlling for known confounding factors (e.g., depressive symptoms), have generally found a modest relationship between SCC and OM (Crumley, Stetler, & Horhota, 2014; Hulur, Hertzog, Pearman, & Gerstorf, 2015; Mascherek & Zimprich, 2011; Parisi et al, 2011) although some have not (Pearman, Hertzog, & Gerstorf, 2014). Differences in methodology and sample characteristics may in part account for these discrepancies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Longitudinal Assessment of Self- and Informant-Subjective Cognitive Complaints in a Sample of Healthy Late-Middle Aged Adults Enriched with a Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease

Nicholas

Dowling

Racine

et al. 2017

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

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Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal trajectory of self- and informant-subjective cognitive complaints (SCC), and to determine if SCC predict longitudinal changes in objective measures (OM) of cognitive function. Methods The study included healthy and cognitively normal late middle-aged adults enriched with a family history of AD who were evaluated at up to three visits over a 4-year period. At each visit (Visit 1–3), self- and informant-SCC and OM were evaluated. Linear mixed models were used to determine if the longitudinal rate of change of self- and informant-SCC were associated with demographic variables, depressive symptoms, family history (FH), and apolipoprotein epsilon 4 (APOE4) status. The same modeling approach was used to examine the effect of Visit 1 SCC on longitudinal cognitive change after controlling for the same variables. Results At Visit 1, more self-SCC were associated with fewer years of education and more depressive symptoms. SCC were also associated with poorer performance on cognitive measures, such that more self-SCC at Visit 1 were associated with poorer performance on memory and executive functioning measures at Visit 1, while more informant-SCC were associated with faster rate of longitudinal decline on a measure of episodic learning and memory. FH and APOE4 status were not associated with SCC. Discussion Self- and informant-SCC showed an association with OM, albeit over different time frames in our late middle-aged sample. Additional longitudinal follow-up will likely assist in further clarifying these relationships as our sample ages and more pronounced cognitive changes eventually emerge.

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“…Some complaints may arise from concerns about aging among the “worried well” given that memory complaints are often more strongly correlated with depression or neuroticism than they are with memory test performance [for recent reviews, see 22, 23]. Adults’ performance on memory tasks correlates with subjective memory, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, independent of the relationship to depressive and anxious affect [e.g., 21, 24]. However, the magnitude of the relationship of subjective memory beliefs to memory performance is often rather low.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behaviors and Strategies Supporting Everyday Memory in Older Adults

Hertzog¹,

Lustig²,

Pearman³

et al. 2019

Gerontology

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Background: Little is known about the means by which older adults achieve memory-demanding goals in everyday life or alternatively about why they fail to do so. Objectives: We conducted qualitative interviews to evaluate what older people do to support everyday memory functioning. A principal focus was on understanding the ways in which individuals use internal memory strategies and external memory aids. Methods: We interviewed 25 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 70 years) in a semi-structured interview. The transcribed results were coded by extracting segments of the interviews and classifying the responses into emergent categories. All coded interview segments were reviewed by category. Memos were created and relevant themes identified. Results: The older adults reported everyday memory failures (such as forgetting names), often without nominating explicit methods for avoiding these problems. They also reported using a number of external memory aids such as calendars and lists. Our interviews indicated this use was typically a part of complex routines and habits of living that often seemed vulnerable to errors. For instance, people would report filling medication organizers or completing to-do lists without mentioning plans for how to effectively use these aids later. Furthermore, they often reported reliance on spontaneous encoding and retrieval – for example, stating that they would routinely remember to perform important actions in the future. Conclusions: Older adults’ reported everyday memory failures were linked to suboptimal use of external memory aids and to a reliance on incidental learning and remembering. There is potential value for interventions that improve procedures for managing everyday life goals that rely on memory.

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Correlated change in memory complaints and memory performance across 12 years.

Cited by 38 publications

References 48 publications

Little evidence for links between memory complaints and memory performance in very old age: Longitudinal analyses from the Berlin Aging Study.

Little evidence for links between memory complaints and memory performance in very old age: Longitudinal analyses from the Berlin Aging Study.

Longitudinal Assessment of Self- and Informant-Subjective Cognitive Complaints in a Sample of Healthy Late-Middle Aged Adults Enriched with a Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease

Behaviors and Strategies Supporting Everyday Memory in Older Adults

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