Perceptions of subjective memory complaint in older adults: The Illness Perception Questionnaire - Memory (IPQ-M)

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 750-760

  Hurt, Catherine S ^a   Burns, Alistair ^b   Brown, Richard G ^a   Barrowclough, Christine ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beliefs; older adults; perceptions; subjective memory complaints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PERCEPTION; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINT; VALIDITY; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77957364465     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991542     Document Type: Article

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