Subjective memory complaints in primary care patients and death from all causes: a four-year follow-up

Volkert Siersma; Gunhild Waldemar; Frans Boch Waldorff

doi:10.3109/02813432.2012.754092

Subjective memory complaints in primary care patients and death from all causes: a four-year follow-up

Volkert Siersma, Gunhild Waldemar, Frans Boch Waldorff

Department of Neurology

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Abstract

To investigate the prognostic value of subjective memory complaints for all-cause mortality in order to determine whether elderly persons with subjective memory complaints may be regarded as a group of vulnerable patients who need close follow-up.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Volume	31
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	7-12
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0281-3432
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2012.754092
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

Keywords

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Cause of Death
Denmark
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Memory Disorders
Primary Health Care
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies

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Subjective memory complaints in primary care patients and death from all causes: a four-year follow-up

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