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A brief and easily administered time- and event-based measure of prospective memory designed to assess retention over both long and short intervals.
The RPA-ProMem may be particularly useful when repeated assessments are desirable.
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Brain Injury: (Radford et al, 2011; n = 20, mean age = 43.6 (13.4) years; mean level of Education 13.7 (3.1) years, patinet groupd composed of various diagnos)
Norms for Control and Patient Groups:
Control Group
Patient Group
Measure
Mean (SD)
Range
Mean (SD)
Range
RPA-ProMem Total
10.5 (1.5)
6–12
7.2 (3.3)
0–12
Short-term
5.9 (0.7)
3–6
4.2 (2.1)
0–6
Long-term
4.7 (1.5)
0–6
3.0 (2.3)
0–6
Time-based
5.1 (1.2)
3–6
3.1 (1.7)
0–6
Event-based
5.4 (1.1)
3–6
4.1 (1.9)
0–6
CAPM-Self
1.9 (0.5)
1.2–3.3
2.4 (0.9)
1.3–4.1
CAPM-Other
1.6 (0.4)
1.0–2.4
2.9 (0.6)
2.1–4.1
RPA-ProMem = Royal Prince Alfred Prospective Memory Test
CAPM = Comprehensive Assessment of Prospective Memory
Brain Injury: (Radford et al, 2011; n = 20, mean age = 43.6 (13.4) years; mean level of Education 13.7 (3.1) years, patinet groupd composed of various diagnosis, two independant raters assessing the same patient)
Brain Injury: (Radford et al, 2011)
Correlations between RPA-ProMem other prospective memory measures Demographics
Measure
n
Age
Sex
Education
Estimated IQ
RPA-ProMem
20
.59**
-.15
.43
-.07
MIST
20
-.24
.06
.15
-.09
CAPM-Self
20
-.67**
.35
-.46*
-.22
CAPM-Other
15
-.44
-.20
-.09
-.07
EMQ-Self
20
-.60**
.10
-.52*
-.09
*p <.05
**p <.01
RPA-ProMem = Royal Prince Alfred Prospective Memory Test
MIST = Memory for Intentions Screening Test
CAPM = Comprehensive Assessment of Prospective Memory
EMQ = Everyday Memory Questionnaire
Convergent Validity:
Performance on the RPA-ProMem was associated with fewer self-reported memory problems on three questionnaires:
We have reviewed more than 500 instruments for use with a number of diagnoses including stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury among several others.