Research at the Florida State University College of Medicine has identified a potential low-cost method for predicting if a person is at risk of developing dementia.
By analyzing data from nearly 13,000 subjects who participated in a long-term aging study, researchers found that an interviewer’s rating of a cognitively healthy person’s memory successfully predicted the likelihood of developing dementia over a 15-year period. Their findings will be published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
“Our findings show that interviewers were able to detect deficits in the memory of participants that predicted higher risk of developing dementia over time,” said research author Angelina Sutin, professor of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine. “The interviewer ratings of memory were particularly important for participants who were among the top performers on objective memory tests.”
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