Grossi Dario, Postiglione Alfredo, Schettini Bruno, Trojano Luigi, Barbarulo Anna Maria, Giugliano Valentina, Ambron Elisabetta, Aiello Assunta
Faculty of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy.
Percept Mot Skills. 2007 Apr;104(2):621-8. doi: 10.2466/pms.104.2.621-628.
Subjective memory complaint is a self-reported memory impairment which affects elderly people. This problem does not interfere with daily living activities but could decrease quality of life. This study's purpose was to verify whether a specific, newly developed, autobiographical recall training could modify self-perception of memory of subjects with subjective memory complaint. Seven elderly subjects (4 women and 3 men; mean age 65.5 yr., SD=11) with such complaint, evidenced through a specific questionnaire, attended the training course and were prospectively assessed on standard neuropsychological tests, depressive symptomatology, and self-perception of memory. Self-perception of memory, as assessed by scores on a formalized questionnaire, improved significantly after the training, while depressive symptoms did not change. Neuropsychological performances were normal before and after the training, but a statistically significant improvement was observed only on the phonological fluency test. Thus the present pilot study suggested that the training may be effective in improving self-perception of memory and metamnestic capacity in elderly people with subjective memory complaints but not in changing subjects' depressive symptoms. This requires replication of this work with a much larger sample so statistical power is adequate.
主观记忆主诉是一种自我报告的记忆障碍，影响老年人。这个问题不会干扰日常生活活动，但可能会降低生活质量。本研究的目的是验证一种新开发的特定自传式回忆训练是否能改变有主观记忆主诉受试者的记忆自我认知。通过一份特定问卷证实有此类主诉的7名老年受试者（4名女性和3名男性；平均年龄65.5岁，标准差=11）参加了培训课程，并对其进行了标准神经心理学测试、抑郁症状评估和记忆自我认知评估。通过一份标准化问卷的得分评估，记忆自我认知在训练后有显著改善，而抑郁症状没有变化。训练前后神经心理学表现正常，但仅在语音流畅性测试中观察到有统计学意义的改善。因此，本初步研究表明，该训练可能有效改善有主观记忆主诉老年人的记忆自我认知和元记忆能力，但不能改变受试者的抑郁症状。这需要用更大的样本重复这项研究，以便有足够的统计效力。
