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Subjective cognitive decline: The first clinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease?

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Title
Subjective cognitive decline: The first clinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease?
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia, January 2016
DOI 10.1590/s1980-5764-2016dn1003002
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Adalberto Studart, Ricardo Nitrini

Abstract

Mild cognitive impairment is considered as the first clinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease (AD), when the individual exhibits below performance on standardized neuropsychological tests. However, some subjects before having a lower performance on cognitive assessments already have a subjective memory complaint. A review about subjective cognitive decline, the association with AD biomarkers and risk of conversion to dementia. We performed a comprehensive non-systematic review on PubMed. The keywords used in the search were terms related to subjective cognitive decline. Subjective cognitive decline is characterized by self-experience of deterioration in cognitive performance not detected objectively through formal neuropsychological testing. However, various terms and definitions have been used in the literature and the lack of a widely accepted concept hampers comparison of studies. Epidemiological data have shown that individuals with subjective cognitive decline are at increased risk of progression to AD dementia. In addition, there is evidence that this group has a higher prevalence of positive biomarkers for amyloidosis and neurodegeneration. However, Alzheimer's disease is not the only cause of subjective cognitive decline and various other conditions can be associated with subjective memory complaints, such as psychiatric disorders or normal aging. The features suggestive of a neurodegenerative disorder are: onset of decline within the last five years, age at onset above 60 years, associated concerns about decline and confirmation by an informant. These findings support the idea that subjective cognitive complaints may be an early clinical marker that precedes mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 186 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 17%
Student > Master 21 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 19 10%
Student > Bachelor 17 9%
Researcher 15 8%
Other 24 13%
Unknown 58 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 33 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 27 15%
Neuroscience 22 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 3%
Other 20 11%
Unknown 69 37%
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