ABSTRACT

This investigation assessed the relationship between subjective self-reports and objective measures of prospective memory with forty-eight healthy, community-dwelling older-adults (> 65 years). The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire provided the self-report data, the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test was used as a clinic-based test, and the Telephone Task (telephoning the examiner at irregular, pre-scheduled times across one week) was used as a naturalistic measure. The self-reported difficulties were negatively associated with performance on the naturalistic task, r (41) = -0.341, p = <0.05, but not the clinic-based task. Performance tasks (clinic-based and naturalistic) were moderately associated, r (41) = 0.312, p = <0.05. Tests of retrospective memory (delayed recall) and executive function (attention set-shifting) did not individually predict performance on any of the prospective memory measures. Incorporating naturalistic probes of prospective memory performance into a clinical assessment may allow insight into the experience of prospective memory challenges in older-age clients.

摘要

这项调查评估了 48 名健康、社区居住的老年人（> 65 岁）的主观自我报告和客观记忆的客观测量之间的关系。前瞻性和回顾性记忆问卷提供了自我报告的数据，剑桥前瞻记忆测试被用作基于临床的测试，电话任务（在一周内以不规则的、预先安排的时间给考官打电话）被用作自然主义的措施。自我报告的困难与自然主义任务的表现呈负相关，r (41) = -0.341, p = <0.05，但与基于临床的任务无关。绩效任务（基于诊所和自然主义）中度相关，r (41) = 0.312, p= <0.05。回顾性记忆（延迟回忆）和执行功能（注意力转移）的测试并不能单独预测任何前瞻性记忆测量的表现。将前瞻性记忆表现的自然探测纳入临床评估可能有助于深入了解老年客户的预期记忆挑战体验。