Research Article

[Retracted] The Impact of Study Setting on Clinical Characteristics in Older Chinese Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: Baseline Investigation of Convenience and Population-Based Samples

Table 3

SCD-plus features and SCD-I domains.

Convenience sample ()Population sample ()

Decline in memory212 (100%)110 (100%)
 Particular concerns/worries133 (62.7%)25 (22.7%)46.386<0.001
 Onset within 5 years175 (82.5%)72 (65.5%)11.8430.001
 Feeling worse than peers59 (27.8%)27 (24.5%)0.3990.528
 Medical help-seeking16 (7.5%)1 (0.9%)6.3810.012
Decline in language65 (30.7%)51 (46.4%)7.7490.005
 Particular concerns/worries35 (53.8%)15 (29.4%)6.9570.008
 Onset within 5 years56 (86.2%)36 (70.6%)4.2200.040
 Feeling worse than peers19 (29.2%)20 (39.2%)1.2770.259
 Medical help-seeking1 (1.5%)0 (0%)1.000
Decline in planning32 (15.1%)33 (30%)9.9870.002
 Particular concerns/worries14 (43.8%)10 (30.3%)1.2610.261
 Onset within 5 years28 (87.5%)21 (63.6%)4.9860.026
 Feeling worse than peers4 (12.5%)15 (45.5%)8.5290.003
 Medical help-seeking1 (3.1%)0 (0%)0.492
Decline in attention66 (31.1%)30 (27.3%)0.5160.473
 Particular concerns/worries34 (51.5%)11 (36.7%)1.8260.177
 Onset within 5 years55 (83.3%)20 (66.7%)3.3520.067
 Feeling worse than peers12 (18.2%)10 (33.3%)2.6800.102
 Medical help-seeking2 (3%)0 (0%)1.000
Decline in other13 (6.1%)1 (0.9%)0.059

The value was calculated using Fisher’s Exact Test.