2.4. Assessment Instruments
memory complaints
Different sociodemographic and clinical variables were examined.The socio-demographic variables studied were age, gender, marital status, education level, physical occupational status, mental occupational status, and family living arrangements. In addition, education level was divided into two subgroups (primary/higher). An attempt was made to establish the most basic classification possible as this variable was not initially considered for the inference analysis of the results. Subdivision of physical occupational status and mental occupational status was made according to three levels: low, medium, and high for each based on the classification of Grotz [Existence of subjective memory complaints was assessed with the question “Do you have complaints about your memory?” (dichotomous answer (yes/no)) [The primary variable was Mini-Cognitive Examination (MEC-35) [We considered using the Spanish version of MMSE (MEC-35) to assess global cognition and to observe if there was any change in cognitive functions. Other authors suggest further investigation as to whether the overall MMSE assessment reveals areas of concern [The tools used in the inclusion criteria are as follows: