title: Quantified self and comprehensive geriatric assessment: older adults are able to evaluate their own health and functional status.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is an increased interest of individuals in quantifying their own health and functional status. The aim of this study was to examine the concordance of answers to a self-administered questionnaire exploring health and functional status with information collected during a full clinical examination performed by a physician among cognitively healthy adults (CHI) and older patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease (AD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on cross-sectional design, a total of 60 older adults (20 CHI, 20 patients with MCI, and 20 patients with mild-to-moderate AD) were recruited in the memory clinic of Angers, France. All participants completed a self-administered questionnaire in paper format composed of 33 items exploring age, gender, nutrition, place of living, social resources, drugs daily taken, memory complaint, mood and general feeling, fatigue, activities of daily living, physical activity and history of falls. Participants then underwent a full clinical examination by a physician exploring the same domains.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High concordance between the self-administered questionnaire and physician's clinical examination was showed. The few divergences were related to cognitive status, answers of AD and MCI patients to the self-administered questionnaire being less reliable than those of CHI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Older adults are able to evaluate their own health and functional status, regardless of their cognitive status. This result needs to be confirmed and opens new perspectives for the quantified self-trend and could be helpful in daily clinical practice of primary care.
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France; Biomathics, Paris, France.
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Beauchet
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
authors: Cyrille P
authors: CP
authors: Launay
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France; Biomathics, Paris, France.
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Merjagnan
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.
authors: Anastasiia
authors: A
authors: Kabeshova
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France; Department of Medical Biophysics, the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Annweiler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires