Subjective Cognitive Complaints and Objective Cognitive Performance Across Diagnostic Groups in Memory Clinic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of the SCD-Q and CFQ Questionnaires

Paulina Tegethoff, Marleen Taute, Sophia Rutt, Fortese Neziraj, Anna Hufnagel, Robert Perneczky, Carolin Kurz, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Hospital, LMU Munich, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases , Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology , Ageing Epidemiology , Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Published online on March 04, 2026

Abstract

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BackgroundThis study evaluated the diagnostic value and factorial structure of the Subjective Cognitive Decline Questionnaire (SCD-Q) and the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) in the context of early detection of cognitive decline in a memory clinic ...