The Independent and Joint Effects of Different Childhood Abuse Types on Subjective Prospective and Retrospective Memory Impairment During Pregnancy

Background and Objective: Childhood abuse is considered a risk factor in various health outcomes during pregnancy. However, no study has explored the relationship between childhood abuse and memory impairment during pregnancy. This study is the first to explore the relationship between childhood abuse and subjective memory impairment.Participants, Setting, and Methods: A total of 1,825 pregnant women were recruited from a comprehensive hospital in Shandong province, China, and completed a questionnaire survey. Multivariable linear regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between childhood abuse and subjective prospective and retrospective memory.Results: Pregnant women with high total childhood abuse scores had high prospective and retrospective memory impairment. Among pregnant women reporting only emotional abuse, only physical abuse, or only sexual abuse, women reporting only emotional abuse were found to have high prospective and retrospective memory impairment. Women with all three childhood abuse types also had high prospective and retrospective memory impairment.Conclusion: Women who experienced childhood abuse, especially childhood emotional abuse, had high subjective memory impairment during pregnancy. It is important to ask pregnant women about their experiences of childhood abuse, especially emotional abuse, during early prenatal care, as such abuse is likely to have negative effects on memory during pregnancy.

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Long-term subjective memory after electroconvulsive therapy

BJPsych Open ◽

10.1192/bjo.2020.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Robert Sigström ◽

Axel Nordenskjöld ◽

Anders Juréus ◽

Caitlin Clements ◽

Erik Joas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Memory Impairment ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Final Analysis ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Negative Expectations

Background There have been reports of long-term subjective memory worsening after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Aims To study the prevalence and risk factors of long-term subjective memory worsening among patients receiving ECT in routine clinical practice. Method Patients (n = 535, of whom 277 were included in the final analysis) were recruited from eight Swedish hospitals. Participants' subjective memory impairment was assessed before ECT and a median of 73 days after ECT using the memory item from the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale. Participants also rated their pre-ECT expectations and post-ECT evaluations of the effect of ECT on memory on a 7-point scale. We used ordinal regression to identify variables associated with subjective memory worsening and negative evaluations of the effect of ECT on memory. Results Comparisons of pre- and post-ECT assessments showed that subjective memory worsened in 16.2% of participants, remained unchanged in 52.3% and improved in 31.4%. By contrast, when asked to evaluate the effect of ECT on memory after treatment 54.6% reported a negative effect. Subjective memory worsening was associated with negative expectations before ECT, younger age and shorter duration of follow-up. Conclusions Although subjective memory improved more often than it worsened when assessed before and after ECT, a majority of patients reported that ECT had negative effects on their memory when retrospectively asked how ECT had affected it. This might suggest that some patients attribute pre-existing subjective memory impairment to ECT. Clinicians should be aware that negative expectations are associated with subjective worsening of memory after ECT.

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Hippocampal volume and subjective memory impairment in depressed patients

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.05.003 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 19 (7) ◽

pp. 438-440 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Armin von Gunten ◽

Maria A. Ron

Keyword(s):

Memory Impairment ◽

Hippocampal Volume ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment ◽

Depressed Patients ◽

The Right ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe relationship between severity of subjective memory impairment and volume of the hippocampus/amygdala complex was investigated in non-demented depressed patients and it was found to correlate with decreasing volume in the right hippocampus.

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The role of depression in the insomnia of people with subjective memory impairment, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia in a community sample of elderly individuals in South Korea

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610216002076 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 653-661 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Won-Hyoung Kim ◽

Ji-Hyun Kim ◽

Byung-Soo Kim ◽

Sung-Man Chang ◽

Dong-Woo Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Memory Impairment ◽

Community Sample ◽

The Elderly ◽

Sociodemographic Factors ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Elderly Individuals ◽

Sleep Complaints ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACTBackground:This study investigates the relationship between insomnia and cognitive dysfunctions including, subjective memory impairment (SMI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia, by considering depression in a community sample of elderly individuals.Methods:Data for 1,740 elderly individuals aged 65 years and over were obtained from a nationwide dementia epidemiological study conducted in South Korea. Cognitive functional status was assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Packet Clinical Assessment Battery. Insomnia was defined as the presence of at least one of the four sleep complaints (difficulty in initiating sleep, difficulty in maintaining sleep, early morning awakening, and non-restorative sleep), accompanied by moderate to severe daytime consequences. Depression was evaluated using the Geriatric Depression Scale.Results:The prevalence of insomnia in the patients with SMI, MCI, and dementia was found to be 23.2%, 19.6%, and 31.0%, respectively. The patients with SMI, MCI, and dementia were significantly more likely to have insomnia and the four sleep complaints than the normal comparison patients. After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, the significant relationships between cognitive dysfunctional status and insomnia remained. However, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors and depression, no significant relationships with any of the sleep complaints or insomnia remained.Conclusion:Insomnia is a very common complaint in the elderly with SMI, MCI, and dementia. Depression might play an important factor in the relationship between insomnia and cognitive dysfunctional status in the elderly.

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The Anterior-posterior Functional Connectivity Disconnection in the Elderly with Subjective Memory Impairment and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Current Alzheimer Research ◽

10.2174/1567205017666200525015017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 373-381

Author(s):

Wuhai Tao ◽

Jinping Sun ◽

Xin Li ◽

Wen Shao ◽

Jing Pei ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Functional Connectivity ◽

Memory Impairment ◽

Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Long Distance ◽

Whole Brain ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment

Background: Subjective Memory Impairment (SMI) may tremendously increase the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The full understanding of the neuromechanism of SMI will shed light on the early intervention of AD. Methods: In the current study, 23 Healthy Controls (HC), 22 SMI subjects and 24 amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) subjects underwent the comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan. The difference in the connectivity of the Default Mode Network (DMN) and Functional Connectivity (FC) from the Region of Interest (ROI) to the whole brain were compared, respectively. Results: The results showed that HC and SMI subjects had significantly higher connectivity in the region of the precuneus area compared to aMCI subjects. However, from this region to the whole brain, SMI and aMCI subjects had significant FC decrease in the right anterior cingulum, left superior frontal and left medial superior frontal gyrus compared to HC. In addition, this FC change was significantly correlated with the cognitive function decline in participants. Conclusion: Our study indicated that SMI subjects had relatively intact DMN connectivity but impaired FC between the anterior and posterior brain. The findings suggest that long-distance FC is more vulnerable than the short ones in the people with SMI.

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Parental dementia and subjective memory impairment in the health and retirement study

Aging & Mental Health ◽

10.1080/13607863.2021.1910790 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Tyler R. Bell ◽

Nikki L. Hill ◽

Sakshi Bhargava ◽

Jacqueline Mogle

Keyword(s):

Memory Impairment ◽

Health And Retirement Study ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment ◽

Retirement Study

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The Effect of Pulse Width on Subjective Memory Impairment and Remission Rate 6 Months After Electroconvulsive Therapy

Journal of Ect ◽

10.1097/yct.0000000000000697 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 272-278

Author(s):

Elsa Tornhamre ◽

Carl Johan Ekman ◽

Åsa Hammar ◽

Mikael Landen ◽

Johan Lundberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Pulse Width ◽

Memory Impairment ◽

Remission Rate ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment

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SCREENING FOR DEMENTIA: IS 1 SIMPLE QUESTION THE ANSWER?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ◽

10.1136/jnnp-2015-312379.60 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 86 (11) ◽

pp. e4.152-e4

Author(s):

Baba Aji ◽

Andrew Larner

Keyword(s):

Memory Impairment ◽

Seizure Type ◽

Subjective Memory ◽

Subjective Memory Impairment ◽

The Past ◽

Dementia Screening ◽

Memory Problems ◽

Simple Question ◽

Screening Question

ObjectiveTo examine the diagnostic utility of the dementia screening question from the DoH Dementia CQUIN document (2012) in consecutive patients in a dedicated epilepsy clinic, individuals in whom memory complaints are common.Results100 consecutive outpatients (M:F=61:39, median age 44.5 years) were asked ‘Have you been more forgetful in the past 12 months to the extent that it has significantly affected your life?’, as advocated in the Dementia CQUIN document. There was a 48% yes response. No patient was adjudged to have dementia. Comparing the yes/no groups, there was no difference in sex ratio, age, seizure type, or use of antiepileptic drugs (monotherapy versus polytherapy). Those answering yes were more likely to be follow-up than new patients. Intergroup difference in epilepsy duration showed a trend to longer duration in the yes group. The most common examples of memory problems volunteered were forgetting to attend appointments, take medications, or switch off appliances, suggestive of attentional rather than mnestic problems.ConclusionsThese data suggest that the Dementia CQUIN screening question has very low specificity, and hence will identify many false positives, with risk of overdiagnosis of dementia in individuals with purely subjective memory impairment.

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