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Personality characteristics and affective status related to cognitive test performance and gender in patients with memory complaints

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Summary, in English

The aims are to study personality characteristics of patients with memory complaints and to assess the presence of objective (OMI) versus subjective (SMI) memory impairment, the affective status, as well as potential gender differences. The patients were assessed by means of a neuropsychiatric examination and a neuropsychological

test-battery. The Swedish version of the revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and the Hospital Anxiety

and Depression Scale (HADS) were used. The 57 patients (38 women, 19 men, mean age 56.9) differed from the Swedish normative group in three of the five personality factors: neuroticism, extraversion and agreeableness. This

was mainly because of the scores of the female patients. Approximately half of the patients had OMI. No

differences regarding personality factors or affective status were found between OMI and SMI patients. The female

patients scored significantly higher than the male patients on symptoms of anxiety and depression. Neuroticism and symptoms of depression interacted with memory performance and gender. Our findings demonstrate the importance of applying an objective assessment of memory functions and a gender perspective when studying patients with memory complaints.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

911-919

Publication/Series

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volume

13

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Psychiatry
  • Geriatrics

Keywords

  • Mild cognitive impairment
  • Personality inventory
  • Neuropsychology
  • Memory clinic
  • Subjective memory impairment
  • Five factor model

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1355-6177