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Table 1 Demographics and study characteristics

From: Screening for subjective cognitive decline in the elderly via subjective cognitive complaints and informant-reported questionnaires: a systematic review

Study (author, year, location)

Study type

Sample size (n)

Age, years

Mean ± SD

Gender (% female)

Setting

Outcome

Bosnes, 2020 (Norway) [26]

PC

106

73.4 ± 8.4

53

NR

Dementia

Hess, 2020 (US) [27]

PC

124

73.59 ± 6.26

82

Community Outpatient clinic

Dementia

Guerdoux-Ninot, 2019 (France) [28]

PC

488

Healthy controls: 56.5 ± 15.1

Functional patients: 57.1 ± 11.5

naMCI patients: 69 ± 8.5

aMCI patients: 70.6 ± 10.5

AD patients:

72.8 ± 7.4

Healthy controls: 106

Functional patients: 66

na-MCI patients: 42

a-MCI patients: 48

AD patients: 32

Community Outpatient clinic

aMCI

naMCI

AD

Kim, 2019 (South Korea) [29]

PC

420

75 ± 6

46

Outpatient clinic

Dementia

MCI

Howland, 2017 (US) [30]

PC

281

78

72

Outpatient clinic

Community

MCI

Markova, 2017 (Czech Republic) [31]

RC

340

75 ± 8

55

Community

MCI

Papaliagkas, 2017 (Greece) [32]

PC

81

Older adults: 70 ± 4

Older-old adults: 84 ± 3

Older adults: 42

Older-old adults: 64

NR

MCI

Yim, 2017 (South Korea) [33]

PC

814

Cognition intact: 69 ± 7.

MCI: 73 ± 7.

Dementia: 73 ± 9

Overall cognitive disorder: 73 ± 9

64

Outpatient clinic

Dementia

MCI

Avila-Villanueva, 2016 (Spain) [34]

PC

844

Control: 74 ± 4

MCI: 76 ± 4

Control: 63

MCI: 50

Community

MCI

Tew, 2015 (Singapore) [35]

PC

245

Dementia: 77 ± 8

No dementia: 68 ± 7

Dementia: 64

No dementia: 72

Outpatient clinic

Community

Dementia

Valech, 2015 (Spain) [36]

PC

217

Control: 65 ± 8

Pre-AD: 69 ± 8

NonA-CI: 63 ± 10

A-CI: 70 ± 8

Control: 68

Pre-AD: 79

NonAB-CI: 42

AB-CI: 62

Outpatient clinic

Community

aMCI

Li, 2013 (China) [37]

PC

356

72 ± 9

58

Community

MCI

Ramlall, 2013 (South Africa) [38]

PC

140

75 ± 9

69

Community

Dementia

MCI

Snitz, 2012 (US) [39]

PC; secondary analysis

3495

78 ± 7

62

Community

aMCI

Abbate, 2011 (Italy) [40]

RC

119

77 ± 6

62

Outpatient clinic

MCI

Amariglio, 2011 (US) [41]

PC

16,964

74

100

Community

MCI

Ayalon, 2011 (US) [42]

PC

647

Cognition intact: 77 ± 0

CIND: 81 ± 1

Dementia: 84 ± 1

66

NR

Dementia

MCI

Gavett, 2011 (US) [43]

PC

384

Initial visit: 70 ± 7

Final visit: 73 ± 7

100

Community

MCI

Calabria, 2010 (Spain) [44]

PC

112

71 ± 6

78

Community

aMCI

Youn, 2009 (S. Korea) [45]

PC

1651

74 ± 8

57

NR

Dementia

Snitz, 2008 (US) [47]

PC

276

73 ± 6

58

Outpatient clinic

aMCI

Lam, 2005 (Hong Kong) [46]

PC

306

79 ± 7

NR

Community

AD

MCI

  1. Abbreviations: A-CI Amyloid cognitive impairment, AD Alzheimer’s Disease, aMCI amnestic mild cognitive impairment, CIND cognitive impairment not dementia, MCI mild cognitive impairment, naMCI non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment, NonAB-CI Non-amyloid impairment, NR Not Reported, PC Prospective cohort, Pre-AD preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, RC Retrospective cohort, SD standard deviation