Predictors of prospective memory in adults with traumatic brain injury

Abstract

Previous studies have established that prospective memory is commonly affected following traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study examines whether demographic factors, injury severity and site, executive function, and metacognitive factors predict prospective memory performance in adults with TBI, using a cross-sectional multivariate correlational model. Prospective memory of 44 adults (mean age 5 30 years) with severe TBI was measured by the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAMPROMPT) time-based and event-based scores. Using stepwise multiple regression, the time-based score was predicted by the Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT) Animals subtest score, length of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) and use of note-taking on the CAMPROMPT. The event-based score was predicted by length of PTA and COWAT Animals score. Therefore, patients with longer periods of PTA and executive function impairment may be expected to display poorer prospective memory. Note-taking was associated with improved performance on time-based prospective memory tasks. (JINS, 2008, 14, 823-831.)

Prospective memory functioning among ecstasy/polydrug users: evidence from the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAMPROMPT)

“…For example, Burgess et al, (2003) and Gilbert et al, (2005) have shown that event-based tasks utilise the frontopolar cortex, including Brodmann area 10 (BA10). Similar findings were reported by Fleming et al (2008) in patients with frontally based traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly in relation to event-based PM. More recently PET scanning has revealed that while the left superior frontal gyrus was involved in both types of tasks, different areas within this structure were found to be activated.…”

“…Total scores were then generated on time-based and event based subscales, each scoring a maximum of 18, with higher scores reflecting better prospective memory performance. The validity and reliability of the CAMPROMPT has been documented in a number of studies (i.e., Fleming et al, 2008;Groot et al, 2002;Wilson et al, 2005).…”

“…Thus it may be that the test was not appropriate for the university based sample of recreational drug users which featured in our previous study. A more up-to-date test battery that is sensitive to individual differences both within clinical and normal populations is the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAMPROMPT; Fleming et al, 2008;Groot et al, 2002;Wilson et al, 2005). The purpose of the present study is to confirm and extend our previous findings utilising the more sensitive CAMPROMPT measure.…”

Event-Based Prospective Memory in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Effect of Cue Distinctiveness

“…Executive functions play a significant role in the performance of a PM task and the strategic deployment of these resources may be responsible for successfully executing PM tasks (van den Berg, Aarts, Midden, & Verplanken, 2004). For instance, Mackinlay, Kliegel, and Mantyla (2009) found that planning and task switching accounted for a sizeable amount of variance in PM performance in typically developing children and rule-based word production was related to event-based PM (EB-PM) in adults following severe traumatic brain injury (Fleming et al, 2008). Executive impairments and deficits in PM have been reported in community-dwelling elders following stroke (Kim, Craik, Luo, & Ween, 2009); however, there currently is no published data on PM functioning in children with SCD.…”

Memória prospectiva em pacientes com comprometimento cognitivo leve

“…Estas tarefas de memória prospectiva são realizadas no cotidiano dos participantes, por exemplo, ligar para o experimentador em um determinado momento do dia ou ao longo de vários dias ou semanas, enviar um cartão postal ou mensagem de texto pelo celular em tempos pr definidos (Patton e Meit, 1993;Schnitzspahn et al, 2011;Delprado et al, 2013 (Zhou et al, 2013;Au et al, 2014) e neurológicos (Fleming et al, 2008;Delprado et al, 2012).…”