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. 2019 Mar 13;9(1):152–162. doi: 10.1159/000497222

Table 2.

Subjective cognitive complaints and health questionnaires of patients aged above 50 years

SCD+_50 SCD–_50 p value
Cases, n 100 (30.4) 229 (69.6)
Subjective cognitive decline
 Valid AD8 questionnaire 100 (100) 229 (100)
 AD8_total 3.1±1.5 0.3±0.5 <0.001*
 AD8_l_judgment 30 (30.0) 4 (1.7) <0.001*
 AD8_2_interest 41 (41.0) 3 (1.3) <0.001*
 AD8_3_repeat 48 (48 .0) 12 (5.2) <0.001*
 AD8_4_learn 30 (30.0) 9 (3.9) <0.001*
 AD8_5_date 36 (36 .0) 7 (3.1) <0.001*
 AD8_6_finance 17 (17 .0) 1 (0.4) <0.001*
 AD8_7_appointment 32 (32 .0) 4 (1.7) <0.001*
 AD8_8_memory 77 (77.0) 29 (12.7) <0.001*
Depression tendency
 Valid TDQ questionnaire 90 (90) 219 (91.7)
 TDQ_total 10.6±8.7 4.6±5.4 <0.001*
 Depression (TDQ ≥19) 14 (15.6) 5 (2.3) <0.001*
 No depressive tendency (TDQ ≤8) 45 (50.0) 174 (79.5) <0.001*
Sleep quality
 Valid PSQI questionnaire 97 (97) 227 (99.1)
 PSQI_total 7.2±4.1 5.8±3.7 0.004*
 PSQI_good (PSQI_total ≤5) 39 (40.2) 132 (58.1) 0.003*
 psqi_qual 1.6±0.9 1.3±8.2 0.009*
 psqi_lat 1.5±1.2 1.2±1.0 0.059
 psqi_dur 0.8±1.0 0.8±0.9 0.914
 psqi_eff 0.6±1.0 0.6±1.0 0.540
 psqi_dist 1.5±0.6 1.3±0.5 0.004*
 psqi_med 0.8±1.3 0.4±0.9 0.003*
 psqi_dys 0.5±0.7 0.3±0.6 0.043*
Quality of life
 Valid SF-36 questionnaire 99 (99) 228 (99.6)
 SF-36_PF 77.3±23.1 87.3±15.1 <0.001*
 SF-36_RP 66.3±42.6 87.1±31.2 <0.001*
 SF-36_BP 74.0±24.3 81.8±19.0 0.001*
 SF-36_GH 54.2±24.2 64.5±19.3 <0.001*
 SF-36_VT 60.8±23.7 73.6±17.5 <0.001*
 SF-36_SF 83.0±19.6 93.9±11.3 <0.001*
 SF-36_RE 72.5±41.1 90.9±25.8 <0.001*
 SF-36_MH 64.3±21.7 79.5±22.2 <0.001*
Health promotion lifestyle
 Valid HPLP-S questionnaire 100 (100) 229 (100)
 HPLP-S_E 4.6±3.2 5.2±2.8 0.099
 hplp-s_n 7.2±2.8 8.0±2.5 0.012*
 hplp-s_sa 6.1±3.6 7.7±3.1 <0.001*
 HPLP-S_IS 7.0±3.6 7.6±2.8 0.138
 HPLP-S_HR 5.4±3.6 5.2±3.3 0.593
 HPLP-S_SM 5.9±3.2 6.6±2.9 0.039*
*

p < 0.05 as statistically significant. Results are presented as numbers with percentages in parentheses, scores as means ± standard deviation. AD8, dementia screening interview; TDQ, Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; PSQI_QUAL, overall subjective sleep quality; PSQI_LAT, sleep latency; PSQI_DUR, sleep duration; PSQI_EFF, sleep efficiency; PSQI_DIST, sleep disturbance; PSQI_MED, need medication to sleep; PSQI_DYS, dysfunction due to sleepiness; SF-36, the Short-Form (36-item) Health Survey; SF-36_PF, physical functioning score; SF-36_RP, physical role functioning score; SF-36_BP, body pain score; SF-36_GH, general health score; SF-36_VT, vitality score; SF-36_SF, social role functioning score; SF-36_RE, emotional role functioning score; SF-36_MH, mental health score; HPLP-S, short form of the Chinese Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile; HPLP-S_E, exercise score; HPLP-S_N, nutrition score; HPLP-S_SA, self-actualization score; HPLP-S_IS, interpersonal support score; HPLP-S_HR, health response score; HPLP-S_SM, stress management score.