Demographic, clinical, and lifestyle correlates of subjective memory complaints in the Australian population

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1222-1232

  Mewton, Louise ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder ^a,c   Anderson, Tracy ^a   Sunderland, Matthew ^d   Andrews, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Memory; old age; population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINT; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; AUSTRALIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84927975074     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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