- Title
- Memory complaint questionnaire performed poorly as screening tool: validation against psychometric tests and affective measures
- Creator
- Reid, Meagan; Parkinson, Lynne; Gibson, Richard; Schofield, Peter; D'Este, Catherine; Attia, John; Tavener, Meredith; Byles, Julie
- Relation
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Vol. 65, Issue 2, p. 199-205
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.06.006
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Objective: This study examined the internal and external validity of the Memory Complaint Questionnaire (MAC-Q), a brief measure of subjective memory complaint in people with normal cognitive function. Study Design and Setting: The Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel was a retrospective cohort study investigating the association between aircraft fuel tank deseal/reseal activities and health status in Royal Australian Air Force personnel. Cross-sectional comparison tests included measures of executive functioning, psychomotor speed, attention/working memory, new learning/memory, depression, and anxiety. An adjusted regression analysis accounted for confounders including age, dates of posting, rank, education, alcohol use, tobacco use, and affective status. Results: Eight hundred seventy-nine participants completed the MAC-Q. Although the MAC-Q tested as highly reliable and internally valid, it was highly associated with affective status and was only associated with Digit Symbol Coding after adjustment for depression/anxiety. Conclusion: The MAC-Q is greatly influenced by affective status but not memory performance. It is probably not useful as a specific screen of memory complaint for general population research.
- Subject
- memory disorders; validation studies; affect; executive function; psychomotor performance; memory
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1308450
- Identifier
- uon:21648
- Identifier
- ISSN:0895-4356
- Language
- eng
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