Association of perceived health and depression with older adults’ subjective memory complaints: contrasting a specific questionnaire with general complaints questions

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-87

  Montejo, Pedro ^a   Montenegro, Mercedes ^a,b   Fernández Blázquez, Miguel A ^a   Turrero Nogués, Agustín ^b   Yubero, Raquel ^c   Huertas, Evelio ^b   Maestú, Fernando ^b  

^a Centre for the Prevention of Cognitive Impairment   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Everyday memory; Memory; MFE; Perceived general health; Subjective memory complaints

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880740625     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-013-0286-4     Document Type: Article

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