Nilsson-Ihrfelt Elisabeth, Fjällskog Marie-Louise, Liss Anders, Jakobsson Olafur, Blomqvist Carl, Andersson Gerhard
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
J Psychosom Res. 2004 Oct;57(4):363-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.01.009.
Previous research has shown that several clinical groups have difficulties with generating specific autobiographical memories. The aim of this study was to investigate autobiographical memory function in women who had been treated for breast cancer and to compare those patients who had undergone mastectomy only with those who had undergone breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy.
A sample of 26 women treated for breast cancer were tested via telephone using the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT).
Breast cancer patients had difficulty retrieving specific autobiographical memories compared to a group of age-matched controls without any history of breast cancer. There were essentially no differences between the two patient groups.
Since breast cancer patients are vulnerable to emotional distress, autobiographical memory deficits should be investigated further.
先前的研究表明，几个临床群体在生成特定的自传体记忆方面存在困难。本研究的目的是调查接受过乳腺癌治疗的女性的自传体记忆功能，并将仅接受过乳房切除术的患者与乳房切除术后接受乳房重建手术的患者进行比较。
通过电话使用自传体记忆测试（AMT）对26名接受过乳腺癌治疗的女性样本进行测试。
与一组没有任何乳腺癌病史的年龄匹配对照组相比，乳腺癌患者在检索特定的自传体记忆方面存在困难。两组患者之间基本上没有差异。
由于乳腺癌患者易受情绪困扰，应进一步研究自传体记忆缺陷。
