Diesfeldt H, Vink M
Department of Psychogeriatrics, Stiching Verpleeghuizen Nederland, Laren.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1989 Sep;28(3):247-53. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1989.tb01374.x.
The assessment of very elderly people is hindered by a scarcity of normative and reliability data for non-verbal memory tests. We tested the suitability of Warrington's Recognition Memory Test (RMT) for use with the elderly. The RMT consists of verbal (Recognition Memory for Words, RMW) and non-verbal (Recognition Memory for Faces, RMF) subtests. The facial recognition test was used in the standard format and a Dutch-language version of the word recognition test was developed using low frequency (10 or less/million) monosyllabic words. Eighty-nine subjects, varying in age from 69 to 93, were tested with the RMF. Means and SD are provided for three age groups (69-79, 80-84 and 85-93). Forty-five consecutive subjects were tested both with the RMW and the RMF. Recognition memory for words was better than recognition memory for faces in this sample. Moderate correlations (0.30-0.48) were found between RMT and WAIS Vocabulary and Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices scores. Warrington's RMT was well tolerated, even by very elderly adults. The standardization data for the elderly over 70 add to the usefulness of this test of verbal and non-verbal episodic memory.
非言语记忆测试缺乏标准化和可靠性数据，这阻碍了对高龄老人的评估。我们测试了沃灵顿认知记忆测试（RMT）用于老年人的适用性。RMT由言语（词语认知记忆，RMW）和非言语（面部认知记忆，RMF）两个子测试组成。面部识别测试采用标准形式，并使用低频（每百万个中10个或更少）单音节词开发了荷兰语版的词语识别测试。对89名年龄在69岁至93岁之间的受试者进行了RMF测试。给出了三个年龄组（69 - 79岁、80 - 84岁和85 - 93岁）的均值和标准差。对45名连续受试者同时进行了RMW和RMF测试。在这个样本中，词语认知记忆优于面部认知记忆。发现RMT与韦氏成人智力量表词汇量表和瑞文彩色渐进矩阵测验分数之间存在中等程度的相关性（0.30 - 0.48）。即使是高龄成年人，也能很好地耐受沃灵顿的RMT。70岁以上老年人的标准化数据增加了这项言语和非言语情景记忆测试的实用性。
