Daily cognitive complaints and engagement in older adulthood: Personality traits are more predictive than cognitive performance.

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick L. Hill ◽  
Damaris Aschwanden ◽  
Brennan R. Payne ◽  
Mathias Allemand
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Older Adulthood

Association of Cognitive Performance with Frailty in Older Individuals with Cognitive Complaints

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Lin ◽  
D. Apolinário ◽  
G. C. Vieira Gomes ◽  
F. Cassales Tosi ◽  
R. M. Magaldi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Cognitive Complaints

scholarly journals Evaluating the Efficacy of a Cognitive Skills Training Program for Spanish-Speaking Adults with Subjective Cognitive Complaints

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1270-1270
Author(s):  
Y Patino ◽  
P Sinclair ◽  
J Osher ◽  
K Torres
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Subjective Cognitive Complaints

Abstract Objective The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the efficacy of a five-week Spanish cognitive skills training program on 18 participants with subjective cognitive complaints. Participants and Method Eighteen Spanish-speaking participants completed a series of cognitive and emotional measures pre- and post-training, including objective measures of cognitive functioning (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Spanish-version; MoCA), self-reported mood measures (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI; Beck Anxiety Inventory, BAI-Spanish version), and subjective cognitive complaints questionnaire (Subjective Cognitive Decline Questionnaire, Spanish version). Drawing from existing literature on effective interventions for subjective cognitive impairment (Reijnders et al., 2015), this research focused on delivering a five-week intervention program in Spanish, which included psychoeducation on cognition, cognitive strategy training, and applied practice of mindfulness techniques. Furthermore, this intervention incorporated Personalismo and indirect communication, which was applied by engaging with participants in a warm and culturally appropriate manner (Jiménez et al., 2014). Results Participants demonstrated significant improvement in overall MoCA scores. Improvements in subjective cognitive performance, as well as decreases in depression and anxiety (as indicated by the BDI and BAI, respectively) were noted. Results also showed that changes in mood, anxiety, and subjective cognitive performance were not predictive of improvements in MoCA performance, lending support to the hypothesis that skills learned in the program contributed to improved cognitive performance. Conclusions Overall, these results demonstrate that linguistically and culturally tailored psychoeducation regarding cognition, cognitive skills training, and mindfulness, can positively impact subjective and objective cognitive performance, as well as psychological wellbeing among Spanish-speaking adults. References Jiménez, A.L., Alegría, M., Camino-Gaztambide, R.F., & Zayas I, L.V. (2014) Cultural sensitivity: What should we understand about Latinos? In R. Parekh (ed.) The Massachusetts General Hospital Textbook on Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health (pp.61-70). New York, NY: Springer. Rebok, G. W., Ball, K., Guey, L. T., Jones, R. N., Kim, H. Y., King, J. W., … ACTIVE Study Group (2014). Ten-year effects of the advanced cognitive training for independent and vital elderly cognitive training trial on cognition and everyday functioning in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(1), 16–24. doi:10.1111/jgs.12607.

Use of benzodiazepines and cognitive performance in primary care patients with first cognitive complaints

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Grande ◽  
I. Tramacere ◽  
D. L. Vetrano ◽  
S. Pomati ◽  
C. Mariani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Benzodiazepine Use ◽  
Primary Care Patients ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
State Examination

ABSTRACTThe aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of benzodiazepine use on cognitive performance in primary care patients with first cognitive complaints. The association between the exposition to benzodiazepines (short and long half-life) and cognitive performance, evaluated through the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), was tested through analysis of the covariance and logistic regression models. Within the 4,249 participants (mean age 77.0 ± 8.2, 66.4% women), 732 (17%) were on benzodiazepines. When compared with non-users, short- and long-acting benzodiazepine users presented overlapping adjusted MMSE mean scores (respectively, mean MMSE score: 25.3, 95%CI 25.2–25.5; 25.4, 95%CI 25.1–25.7, and 25.9, 95%CI 25.3–26.4; p = 0.156). When tested according to the logistical regression model, after adjusting for potential confounders, no association was found between short and long acting benzodiazepine use and a MMSE < 24 (respectively, OR 0.9, 95%CI 0.7–1.2; OR 0.8, 95%CI 0.7–1.3) as compared with non-users. In conclusion, according to the results of our study, benzodiazepine use seems not to impact on cognitive performance- as assessed with the MMSE- of primary care patients referring to GPs for first cognitive complaints.

Cognitive complaints in schizophrenia are associated with clinical symptoms and global functioning but not actual cognitive performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1421-1421
Author(s):  
D. Kontis ◽  
E. Theochari ◽  
S. Kleisas ◽  
I. Makris ◽  
S. Kalogerakou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Neuropsychological Testing ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Global Functioning ◽  
Subjective Scale ◽  
Positive Correlations

IntroductionAlthough it is well established that patients with schizophrenia demonstrate cognitive impairments, little is known about their complaints concerning their cognition. We investigate the association of these complaints with clinical symptoms, global functioning and cognitive performance.Method93 patients with chronic schizophrenia (mean age = 42,59 years, SD = 9,83; mean illness duration = 18,43 years, SD = 11,84) were recruited from one psychiatric department. Their cognitive complaints (Subjective Scale to Investigate Cognition in Schizophrenia-SSTICS), clinical symptoms (Calgary depression scale-CDS, PANSS, GAF), and neuropsychological performance (7 non-verbal CANTAB tests involving psychomotor speed, attention, memory, and executive function and WAIS-III) were assessed at a time that they were able to cooperate with neuropsychological testing. Correlation analyses were performed between SSTICS scores and measures of symptoms, functioning or cognition, using the SPSS.ResultsSSTICS total score positively correlated with CDS total score (Spearman's rho = 0.311, p = 0.03). Positive correlations were also found between the SSTICS items and CDS total score. Similarly, SSTICS total score positively correlated with PANSS total score (Pearson r = 0,294, p = 0.04). PANSS negative and general psychopathology scores (r = 0,219, p = 0.035 and r = 0.333, p = 0.01, respectively), but not PANSS positive scores accounted for this relationship. SSTICS total score negatively correlated with GAF (rho = −0.251, p = 0.017). No significant associations were revealed between SSTICS total scores and PANSS insight item, PANSS cognitive score, CANTAB or WAIS scores.ConclusionsThe complaints of patients with schizophrenia about their cognitive impairments are mostly related to their depressive, negative, general psychopathological symptoms and global functioning, rather than their actual cognitive deficits.

scholarly journals F74. CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND NOT OBJECTIVE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE DRIVE SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE COMPLAINTS IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S248-S248
Author(s):  
Jack Cotter ◽  
Kiri Granger ◽  
John Evenden ◽  
Jennifer Barnett ◽  
Michael Sand
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Subjective Cognitive Complaints

What Do Cognitive Complaints in a Sample of Memory Clinic Outpatients Reflect?

GeroPsych ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Mascherek ◽  
Daniel Zimprich ◽  
Roland Rupprecht ◽  
Frieder R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Memory Clinic ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Conflicting Evidence ◽  
Subjective Cognitive Complaints

Conflicting evidence exists concerning the value of cognitive complaints in the course of assessing cognitive performance in individuals. The present study examines whether cognitive complaints are differentially related to cognitive functioning in groups with different diagnoses. 169 older outpatients (76 years on average) were divided into three groups and diagnosed with subjective cognitive complaints, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia. They were then administered a self-rating questionnaire on cognitive complaints, with semantic fluency and global cognitive functioning being assessed as cognitive measures. Multiple regression analyses revealed that, after controlling for depression, age, sex, and education, global cognitive functioning was not related to cognitive complaints. Semantic fluency was related to cognitive complaints depending on the group. Results suggest that cognitive complaints reflect, in part, actual cognitive performance.

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