Clinical Study
Memory Complaints Associated with Seeking Clinical Care
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants.
| | Community | Clinical setting | Statistical significance |
| | Number of participants (n) | 581 | 290 | | | Age [years, mean ± SD (range)] | (50–92) | (50–88) | P = 0.679* | | Gender (female/male) | 355/226 | 163/127 | P = 0.187# | | Education [years, mean ± SD (range)] | (0–19) | (2–18) | P < 0.001* | | MMSE [mean ± SD (range)] | (23–30) | (23–30) | P < 0.001* | | GDS [mean ± SD (range)] | (0–14) | (0–15) | P < 0.001* |
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MMSE: mini-mental state examination; GDS: geriatric depression scale; *Student’s test; #Fisher’s exact test.
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