title: Memory strategy use in older adults with subjective memory complaints.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Subjective memory complaints (SMC) are common among older adults, but it is unclear to what extent adults with SMC spontaneously use memory strategies to compensate for their memory problems. As SMC may be a risk factor for memory decline later, it is important to extend our knowledge about spontaneous compensatory mechanisms in older adults with SMC.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported strategy use and observed strategy use were assessed in 38 adults with and 38 without SMC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adults with SMC used more strategies in daily life than those without. In the SMC group, memory complaints were positively correlated with strategy use. Only in adults without SMC, a significant correlation was found between observed strategy use and task performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strategy use in older adults with SMC may be compensatory in nature, but did not increase their objective memory performance. Therefore, older adults with SMC might benefit from interventions aimed at optimizing strategy use.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognition, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. n.frankenmolen@donders.ru.nl.|Rehabilitation Centre Klimmendaal, Arnhem, The Netherlands. n.frankenmolen@donders.ru.nl.
authors.forename: Nikita L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Frankenmolen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Gelre Medical Centre, Zutphen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Eduard J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Overdorp
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognition, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Rehabilitation Centre Klimmendaal, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fasotti
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognition, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Department of Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jurgen A H R
authors.initials: JAHR
authors.lastname: Claassen
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognition, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roy P C
authors.initials: RPC
authors.lastname: Kessels
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognition, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Montessorilaan 3, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joukje M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oosterman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: Ageing; Cognitive reserve; Compensation strategies; Subjective cognitive complaints