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- Title
Memory for Intentions is Uniquely Associated with Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Healthy Older Adults.
- Authors
Woods, Steven Paul; Weinborn, Michael; Velnoweth, Aimee; Rooney, Alexandra; Bucks, Romola S.
- Abstract
Moderate declines in prospective memory (PM) are common among older adults, but whether such decrements are associated with everyday functioning problems is not well established. To examine this issue, we administered the Memory for Intentions Screening Test (MIST), Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ), and Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ) to 50 healthy older Australian adults as part of a broader neuropsychological battery. In a series of hierarchical regressions controlling for demographics, medical/psychiatric factors, and other neurocognitive functions, the MIST event-based PM score and PRMQ PM scale were significantly associated with the total number of instrumental ADL (IADL) domains in which participants reported needing assistance. Extending prior findings in clinical populations, results indicate that lower PM functioning is uniquely associated with mild, concurrent IADL problems in healthy older adults. Future investigation of the potentially moderating effects of cognitive and behavioral compensatory strategies may be beneficial. (JINS, 2012, 18, 134–138)
- Subjects
OLDER people; ACTIVITIES of daily living; AGING; PROSPECTIVE memory; GERIATRIC psychology; QUESTIONNAIRES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
- Publication
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 1, p134
- ISSN
1355-6177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1355617711001263