O'Connell Megan E, Tuokko Holly
Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Appl Neuropsychol. 2002;9(4):226-33. doi: 10.1207/S15324826AN0904_5.
Monitoring cognitive functions as older adults move from independent to assisted living is of utmost importance with respect to care planning. To this end, we examined the utility of a 12- item, free and cued recall, selective reminding, memory task for assessing persons across levels of functioning. Using cross-sectional data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, it was observed that the 12-item Buschke memory test was well tolerated by participants regardless of their level of impairment. Further, various measures from the memory task differentiated among participants with different levels of impairment: Individuals living in the community performed better than those in institutions; individuals with no or mild functional impairment performed better than individuals with moderate or severe functional impairments; individuals with mild dementia performed better than those with moderate to severe dementia. Normative data are provided for this easily administered and well-tolerated memory measure. Key words: cognitive assessment, memory test, dementia, levels of impairment
随着老年人从独立生活过渡到辅助生活，监测其认知功能对于护理规划至关重要。为此，我们检验了一项包含12个项目的自由回忆、线索回忆、选择性提醒记忆任务在评估不同功能水平人群方面的效用。利用加拿大健康与老龄化研究的横断面数据，我们观察到，无论参与者的受损程度如何，他们对这项12项的布希克记忆测试的耐受性都很好。此外，该记忆任务的各项指标在不同受损程度的参与者之间存在差异：居住在社区的个体比机构中的个体表现更好；无功能受损或轻度功能受损的个体比中度或重度功能受损的个体表现更好；轻度痴呆患者比中度至重度痴呆患者表现更好。本文为这项易于实施且耐受性良好的记忆测量方法提供了常模数据。关键词：认知评估、记忆测试、痴呆、受损程度
