Memory Complaint Questionnaire performed poorly as screening tool: validation against psychometric tests and affective measures

Reid, M. Carrington; Parkinson, Lynne; Gibson, Richard; Schofield, Peter R.; DʼEste, Catherine; Attia, John; Tavener, Meredith; Byles, Julie

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.06.006

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“…The SMRS used in this study has not been as extensively researched as the CAMDEX [58] subset of items [59,60] and the MAC-Q [61][62][63][64] . The MAC-Q has recently been found to be greatly affected by affect and was not recommended for cognitive screening [65] . The Memory Complaint Scale has only recently been proposed for further research [66] .…”

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The Sensitivity and Specificity of Subjective Memory Complaints and the Subjective Memory Rating Scale, Deterioration Cognitive Observee, Mini-Mental State Examination, Six-Item Screener and Clock Drawing Test in Dementia Screening

Ramlall¹,

Chipps²,

Bhigjee³

et al. 2013

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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Background:The effectiveness of dementia screening depends on the availability of suitable screening tools with good sensitivity and specificity to confidently distinguish normal agerelated cognitive decline from dementia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the discriminant validity of 7 screening measures for dementia. Methods: A sample of 140 participants aged ≥60 years living in a residential facility for the aged were assessed clinically and assigned caseness for dementia using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revised diagnostic criteria. Sensitivity and specificity of a selection of the following screening measures were tested using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for individual and combined tests: the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Six-Item Screener (SIS), Subjective Memory Complaint, Subjective Memory Complaint Clinical (SMCC), Subjective Memory Rating Scale (SMRS), Deterioration Cognitive Observee (DECO) and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT). Results: Using ROC analyses, the SMCC, MMSE and CDT were found to be 'moderately accurate' in screening for dementia with an area under the curve (AUC) >0.70. The AUCs for the SIS (0.526), SMRS (0.661) and DECO (0.687) classified these measures as being 'less accurate'. At recommended cutoff scores, the SMCC had a sensitivity of 90.9% and specificity of 45.7%; the MMSE had a sensitivity of 63.6% and a specificity of 76.0%, and the CDT had a sensitivity of 44.4% and a specificity of 88.9%. Combining the SMCC and MMSE did not improve their predictive power except for a modest increase when using the sequential rule. Conclusion: The SMCC is composed of valid screening questions that have high sensitivity, are simple to administer and ideal for administration at the community or primary health care level as a first level of 'rule-out' screening. The MMSE can be included at a second stage of screening at the general hospital level and the CDT in specialist clinical settings. Sequential use of the SMCC and MMSE will improve the specificity of the former and the sensitivity of the latter.

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The Sensitivity and Specificity of Subjective Memory Complaints and the Subjective Memory Rating Scale, Deterioration Cognitive Observee, Mini-Mental State Examination, Six-Item Screener and Clock Drawing Test in Dementia Screening

Ramlall¹,

Chipps²,

Bhigjee³

et al. 2013

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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“…The hope that reports of subjective memory impairment (SMI) [2] may help in identifying individuals at risk for future dementia may seem hampered by findings indicating that subjective ratings often show weak, if any, correspondence with concurrent objective test performance, but instead show a consistent relationship with mood state and personality factors, such as neuroticism [3][4][5].…”

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Subjective memory impairment in older adults predicts future dementia independent of baseline memory performance: Evidence from the Betula prospective cohort study

Rönnlund¹,

Sundström

Adolfsson

et al. 2015

Alzheimer's & Dementia

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“…SCC in this age-group has been found related to poorer episodic memory in a general population sample (Podewils et al 2003), middle-aged employees (Rijs et al 2012;Reid et al 2012) and a community sample (de Leon JM et al 2010) where SCC were also related to poorer executive functioning. But others have found little association between SCC and cognitive function (Scholtissen-In de Braek et al 2011;Bassett & Folstein 1993), except among those that were retarded or demented.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Related problems that are common in the working population and that are also associated with SCC and cognitive functioning in the domains of episodic memory and executive functioning are depressive symptoms (Reid et al 2012;Murrough et al 2011) and sleeping problems (Stenfors et al 2013;Walker 2008;Walker 2009). Thus, stress-related processes, affective problems and sleep are plausible factors affecting SCC and memory functioning in the working population.…”

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Are subjective cognitive complaints related to memory functioning in the working population?

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Background: Cognitive functioning is important for managing work and life in general. Some experience problems with cognitive functioning, often referred to as subjective cognitive complaints (SCC). These problems are rather prevalent in the working population and can be coupled with both lowered well-being and work ability. However, the relation between SCC and memory functioning across the adult age-span, and in the work force, is not clear as few population-based studies have been conducted on non-elderly adults. Thus, the present study aimed to test the relation between SCC and actual declarative memory functioning in a population-based sample of employees. Methods: Participants were 233 employees with either high (cases) or low (controls) levels of SCC. Group differences in neuropsychological tests of semantic and episodic memory, as well as episodic memory performance during higher executive demands (divided attention) were analysed through a set of analyses of covariance tests. Results: Significantly poorer episodic memory performance during divided attention (i.e. high executive demands) was found in the group with high SCC compared to controls with little SCC, while no group differences were found in semantic memory. No group differences were found in immediate or delayed episodic memory during focused attention conditions. Furthermore, depressive symptoms, chronic stress symptoms and sleeping problems were found to play a role in the relation between SCC and episodic memory during divided attention. Conclusions: This study contributes to an increased understanding of what characterizes SCC in the work force and suggests a relation to poorer executive cognitive functioning.

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Memory Complaint Questionnaire performed poorly as screening tool: validation against psychometric tests and affective measures

Cited by 42 publications

References 14 publications

The Sensitivity and Specificity of Subjective Memory Complaints and the Subjective Memory Rating Scale, Deterioration Cognitive Observee, Mini-Mental State Examination, Six-Item Screener and Clock Drawing Test in Dementia Screening

The Sensitivity and Specificity of Subjective Memory Complaints and the Subjective Memory Rating Scale, Deterioration Cognitive Observee, Mini-Mental State Examination, Six-Item Screener and Clock Drawing Test in Dementia Screening

Subjective memory impairment in older adults predicts future dementia independent of baseline memory performance: Evidence from the Betula prospective cohort study

Are subjective cognitive complaints related to memory functioning in the working population?

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