Table 3.
Frequency (% diagnostic group) and average severity of informant-reported everyday memory complaints stratified by diagnostic group
| Frequency of Rating (% Diagnostic Group) | M | SD | Adj. M | F | df | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Much Better (1) | Somewhat Better (2) | About the Same (3) | Somewhat Poorer (4) | Much Poorer (5) | |||||||
| Item 1: Remembering the name of a person just introduced to you. | |||||||||||
| HOA | 2.8 | 3.4 | 64.2 | 27.4 | 2.2 | 3.23 | 0.677 | 3.27 | 35.590 | 6 | <0.001* |
| naMCI | 4.2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 8.3 | 3.46 | 0.833 | 3.42 | |||
| aMCI-SD | 0.0 | 4.5 | 34.1 | 40.9 | 20.5 | 3.77 | 0.831 | 3.74 | |||
| aMCI-MD | 0.0 | 1.5 | 35.3 | 45.6 | 17.6 | 3.79 | 0.744 | 3.76 | |||
| AD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 44.5 | 47.7 | 4.4 | 0.632 | 4.37 | |||
| DLB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 4.63 | 0.500 | 4.34 | |||
| FTD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 56.2 | 43.8 | 4.44 | 0.512 | 4.52 | |||
| Item 2: Recalling telephone numbers or zip codes that you use on a daily or weekly basis. | |||||||||||
| HOA | 2.8 | 3.4 | 67.0 | 25.1 | 1.7 | 3.20 | 0.654 | 3.23 | 46.058 | 6 | <0.001* |
| naMCI | 4.1 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 41.7 | 4.2 | 3.42 | 0.776 | 3.38 | |||
| aMCI-SD | 0.0 | 2.3 | 47.7 | 34.1 | 15.9 | 3.64 | 0.780 | 3.61 | |||
| aMCI-MD | 0.0 | 1.4 | 45.6 | 41.2 | 11.8 | 3.63 | 0.710 | 3.6 | |||
| AD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 40.2 | 53.5 | 4.47 | 0.615 | 4.45 | |||
| DLB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 4.63 | 0.500 | 4.53 | |||
| FTD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 46.7 | 4.27 | 0.799 | 4.34 | |||
| Item 3: Recalling where you put objects (such as keys) in your home or office. | |||||||||||
| HOA | 1.7 | 3.9 | 55.3 | 33.5 | 5.6 | 3.37 | 0.726 | 3.41 | 31.172 | 6 | <0.001* |
| naMCI | 4.1 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 29.2 | 16.7 | 3.54 | 0.932 | 3.49 | |||
| aMCI-SD | 0.0 | 4.6 | 22.7 | 47.7 | 25.0 | 3.93 | 0.818 | 3.91 | |||
| aMCI-MD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.3 | 44.8 | 20.9 | 3.87 | 0.736 | 3.84 | |||
| AD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 36.7 | 57.8 | 4.52 | 0.601 | 4.51 | |||
| DLB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 4.63 | 0.500 | 4.5 | |||
| FTD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 4.25 | 0.856 | 4.28 | |||
| Item 4: Remembering specific facts from a newspaper or magazine article you just finished reading | |||||||||||
| HOA | 2.2 | 5.6 | 71.5 | 19.0 | 1.7 | 3.12 | 0.624 | 3.16 | 38.266 | 6 | <0.001* |
| naMCI | 0.0 | 4.3 | 65.3 | 26.1 | 4.3 | 3.30 | 0.635 | 3.26 | |||
| aMCI-SD | 0.0 | 6.7 | 45.5 | 36.4 | 11.4 | 3.52 | 0.792 | 2.5 | |||
| aMCI-MD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.6 | 39.7 | 14.7 | 3.69 | 0.718 | 3.67 | |||
| AD | 0.0 | 0.8 | 13.5 | 34.9 | 50.8 | 4.36 | 0.743 | 4.33 | |||
| DLB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 25.0 | 4.13 | 0.619 | 4.06 | |||
| FTD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 4.25 | 0.683 | 4.29 | |||
| Item 5: Remembering the item(s) you intend to buy when you arrive at the grocery store or pharmacy. | |||||||||||
| HOA | 1.7 | 1.7 | 66.9 | 27.5 | 2.2 | 3.27 | 0.616 | 3.30 | 31.998 | 6 | <0.001* |
| naMCI | 4.2 | 0.0 | 45.8 | 41.7 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 0.834 | 3.47 | |||
| aMCI-SD | 0.0 | 2.3 | 22.7 | 54.5 | 20.5 | 3.93 | 0.728 | 3.91 | |||
| aMCI-MD | 0.0 | 1.5 | 39.7 | 44.1 | 14.7 | 3.72 | 0.73 | 3.70 | |||
| AD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 38.9 | 50.0 | 4.39 | 0.681 | 4.38 | |||
| DLB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 60.0 | 33.3 | 4.27 | 0.594 | 4.25 | |||
| FTD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 37.4 | 31.3 | 4 | 0.816 | 4.06 | |||
| Item 6: In general, how would you describe your memory as compared to how it was in high school? | |||||||||||
| HOA | 3.5 | 5.3 | 49.6 | 38.9 | 2.7 | 3.32 | 0.771 | 3.38 | 20.746 | 6 | <0.001* |
| naMCI | 0.0 | 5.6 | 22.1 | 66.7 | 5.6 | 3.72 | 0.669 | 3.63 | |||
| aMCI-SD | 0.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 57.1 | 14.3 | 3.71 | 0.902 | 3.69 | |||
| aMCI-MD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 22.7 | 3.95 | 0.714 | 3.91 | |||
| AD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.5 | 72.5 | 4.73 | 0.451 | 4.69 | |||
| DLB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 4.5 | 0.535 | 4.39 | |||
| FTD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 4.5 | 0.577 | 4.56 | |||
HOA, healthy older adults (cognitively intact); naMCI, non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI); aMCI-SD, amnestic MCI, single domain; aMCI-MD, amnestic MCI, multiple domain; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; FTD, frontotemporal dementia. Adjusted mean refers to estimated means adjusted for covariates of age, education, and depression score.
*
significant at p < 0.05.