Self- and informant-reported cognitive functioning and awareness in subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and very mild Alzheimer disease.
Seon Young RyuAhro KimSangYun KimKyung Won ParkKee Hyung ParkYoung Chul YounDong Woo LeeJun-Young LeeJun Hong LeeJee Hyang JeongSeong Hye ChoiHyun Jeong HanSemi KimSeunghee NaMisun ParkHyeon Woo YimDong Won YangPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2019)
These results support the usefulness of informant-reported cognitive functioning to classify MCI among elderly with subjective cognitive complaints. In addition, discrepancies between self-reports and informant reports demonstrate that overestimation and underestimation of cognitive function may serve as a clinical indicator of SCD and MCI across the cognitive continuum, respectively.