Richardson J T
Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1996 May;35(2):205-19. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1996.tb01177.x.
This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey on problems in everyday memory that involved 115 community-based patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their carers or close relatives. Cluster analyses of their responses enabled the patients to be classified as either 'impaired' or 'unimpaired', though the salient items differed between the reports of the patients and the relatives. Both the self-reports and the relatives' reports indicated that roughly 10 per cent of the patients were impaired, a much lower estimate than that which was previously suggested based upon psychometric testing. It is concluded that neuropsychological assessment may underestimate the capacity of MS patients in their daily activities.
本文报告了一项关于日常记忆问题的问卷调查结果，该调查涉及115名社区多发性硬化症（MS）患者及其护理人员或近亲。对他们的回答进行聚类分析，可将患者分为“受损”或“未受损”两类，不过患者报告和亲属报告中的显著项目有所不同。自我报告和亲属报告均表明，约10%的患者存在记忆受损情况，这一估计值远低于此前基于心理测试得出的结果。研究得出结论，神经心理学评估可能低估了MS患者在日常活动中的能力。
