(HealthDay)—Caregivers who provide care to a family member or friend with a health condition or disability are more likely to have subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to research published in the Nov. 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Eva M. Jeffers, M.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed SCD among caregivers aged 45 years or older using data from 22 states in the 2015 to 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. SCD was defined as the self-reported experience of worsening confusion or memory loss during the past year.
The researchers found that SCD was reported by 12.6 percent…
