Watson J S, Matsuyama S S, Dirham P M, Liston E H, La Rue A, Jarvik L F
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1987;1(2):98-102. doi: 10.1097/00002093-198701020-00005.
Although relatives' retrospective reports are often used in characterizing the onset and progression of symptoms in dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT), little is known about the accuracy of these accounts. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize preliminary data obtained from relatives in an ongoing family study of DAT. Preliminary findings suggest there is rough reliability to relatives' recall of the progression of symptoms over time. This observation is discussed in relation to literature from other areas (e.g. child development, psychopathology) where the reliability of relatives' retrospection has been more thoroughly examined.
尽管亲属的回顾性报告常用于描述阿尔茨海默型痴呆（DAT）的症状发作和进展情况，但对于这些描述的准确性却知之甚少。本文的主要目的是总结在一项正在进行的DAT家族研究中从亲属那里获得的初步数据。初步研究结果表明，亲属对症状随时间进展的回忆具有大致的可靠性。结合其他领域（如儿童发育、精神病理学）中对亲属回顾可靠性进行了更深入研究的文献，对这一观察结果进行了讨论。
