Abstract:Objective To translate Subjective Memory Complaint Questionnaire (SMCQ) into Chinese, and test the reliability and validity of Chinese Version of SMCQ so as to provide a new kind of tool to evaluate subjective memory complaint of Chinese elderly. Methods Adopting Convenient sampling method, the SMCQ was used to survey 356 community elderly people. All the data were analyzed by SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0. Results Entries correlation analysis results showed that all the entries and total scores were significantly related. Three common factors from exploratory factor analysis explained 65.442% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis showed the CMIN/DF <3, RMSEA <1.00; TLI, IFI and CFI all >0.90; and PGFI >0.50. Besides CMIN, GFI and AGFI, others met the adaption standards. The Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.872, the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.757. Conclusions SMCQ is reliable and valid. It could be used for evaluation of subjective memory complaint in the community elderly.