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Background: We observe Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) when patients perceive a decline in their cognitive functions, but this decline is not detected in neuropsychological assessments. Few studies have investigated the prevalence of SCD in the Brazilian population. Objective: Analyze the profile of 50+ years Brazilian people regarding SCD through a self-administered online questionnaire Methods: Cross-sectional study, in the online modality. The recruitment of participants took place through email, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Results: We received 1440 responses, mainly from the country’s Southeast region (80.0%). Most of the respondents were female (67.0%), with a mean age of 58.7 (SD=8.5) years, heterosexual (97.3%), skin color referred to as white (84.5%), married (67.6%), post-graduated (51.0%) and working, but not retired (45.5%). About 55.0% reported that their memory has worsened over the past five years and 50.0% of those informed that the worsening of memory worries them. For 38.0% of the respondents, their memory is adequate. Regarding cognitive functions in the last five years, 41.0% claim that they have had problems with attention or concentration, 46.0% that their reasoning has slowed down, and 55% that they have had issues with language. Conclusion: An expressive proportion of the analyzed sample perceived a decline in their cognition at some level. |
