Cognitive failures in healthy middle-aged Spanish adults : A cross-sectional study describing magnitude categories of subjective cognitive deficits
Navarra-Ventura, Guillem (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Fernández-Gonzalo, Sol (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Serra-Blasco, Maria (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Vicent Gil, Muriel (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Palao, Diego (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Cardoner, Narcís (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut

Fecha:	2019
Resumen:	Background and objectives: Healthy people with intact cognitive functioning may also experience subjective cognitive deficits (SCD). However, no study has thoroughly explored these symptoms in healthy Spaniards. Therefore, we aimed to: (i) describe the pattern of SCD in this population, (ii) report magnitude categories of SCD, and (iii) correlate SCD with age, gender and years of education. Methods: 102 healthy Spaniards (51 men) were recruited. Men and women subgroups were matched by age and years of education. SCD were evaluated using the 20-item Perceived Deficits Questionnaire (PDQ-20). Magnitude categories of SCD were described as distribution-based quartiles of the total PDQ-20 score, with higher scores/quartiles indicating greater SCD. Participants with a total PDQ-20 score greater than 2 standard deviations (SD) above normal variation were considered at risk of clinically significant SCD. Results: Mean total PDQ-20 score was 17. 98 (SD = 8. 29), with higher scores on "Attention/Concentration" and "Retrospective Memory" subscales than on "Planning/Organization" and "Prospective Memory" subscales. Total PDQ-20 score distribution by quartile was: 0-11 (1 quartile), 12-17 (2 quartile), 18-23 (3 quartile) and 24-80 (4 quartile). Only 1. 96% of participants were at risk of clinically significant SCD. There was a marginal trend in the association between age and "Retrospective Memory" subscale (r = 0. 256; p = 0. 009). Conclusions: Our findings may help health professionals interpret PDQ-20 scores more accurately in clinical settings. A total PDQ-20 score equal or greater to 35 may be a valid threshold for identifying people at risk of clinically significant SCD. Assessment of SCD may improve the ecological validity of research on human cognition.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Materia:	Cognitive failures ; Subjective cognitive deficits ; Subjective cognition ; Perceived Deficits Questionnaire ; Healthy subjects
Publicado en:	European Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 33 Núm. 3 (july 2019) , p. 135-141, ISSN 0213-6163

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2019.04.001

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