Prospective Memory Training for Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Tsang, Alex Pak Lik; Au, Alma; Lo, Herman Hay Ming

doi:10.1080/07317115.2021.1950253

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“…The next big PM issue to deal with will be how to facilitate improvements of PM skills in the elderly and clinical groups. A recent systematic review highlighted the benefits of mental imagery and external aids to improve PM during aging ( Tsang et al, 2021 ). Moreover, research has found that some smartphone applications, such as voice recorders and reminders, seem to be helpful for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) ( Scullin et al, 2022 ).…”

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Prospective memory assessment: Scientific advances and future directions

2022

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Prospective Memory (PM), the ability to remember to realize intended actions in the future, is crucial for maintaining autonomy. Decades of research has focused on a so-called age PM paradox, where older adults outperformed younger adults on some PM tasks, but not others. Contributing to this paradox is heterogeneity in and a lack of valid assessment methods. Previous research showed a lack of convergent validity between performance-based PM and both self-report and informant-report measures. We argue that questionnaires may be relevant to obtain information regarding patients’ awareness of their PM difficulties but need to be used in conjunction with performance-based tools. Within performance-based PM tools there are also difficulties in measurement: 15–60 min experimental tasks and batteries have a good reliability but cannot usually fit in a standard clinical evaluation, while shorter PM measures have lower reliability and sensitivity. In this perspective paper, we encourage researchers to develop more ecologically valid tools. Innovative PM paradigms that allow participants to generate their own intentions and that take task costs into consideration should be developed. Future research will also need to focus on cognitive factors, personality and online evaluation, to improve PM assessment and develop ad-hoc rehabilitation programs.

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Prospective memory assessment: Scientific advances and future directions

2022

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“…However, no significant long-term effectiveness was discerned [ 100 ]. Similarly, reviews proposed that not only the specific training strategies employed for the assessment of prospective memory need to be further examined, but also certain parameters need to be considered, such as the participants’ digital literacy as well as their motor and sensory restrictions [ 101 , 102 ].…”

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The Development of a Pilot App Targeting Short-Term and Prospective Memory in People Diagnosed with Dementia

Nanousi,

Kalogeraki,

Smyrnaiou

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Background: According to the World Health Organization, people suffering from dementia exhibit a serious decline in various cognitive domains and especially in memory. Aims: This study aims to create a pilot computer app to enhance short-term memory and prospective memory in individuals with dementia using errorless learning based on their individualized needs. Methods: Fifteen dementia patients and matched controls, matched for age, sex, and education, were selected. Their daily routines were analyzed, and cognitive abilities were assessed using the MoCA test. Considering the participants’ illness severity and daily needs, the pilot app was designed to aid in remembering daily tasks (taking medication and meals), object locations, and familiar faces and names. Results: An improvement in patients’ short-term and prospective memory throughout the training sessions, but not in overall cognitive functioning was observed. A statistically significant difference between patients and healthy controls was indicated in their ability to retain information relevant to them in their short-term memory, or to remember to act in the future following schedules organized at present (p < 0.001). Conclusion: This app appears beneficial for training dementia patients and healthy individuals in addressing memory challenges. Recommendation: While the pilot app showed promise, further research with larger samples is recommended.

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“…Most PM training studies to date have investigated clinical samples with PM deficits, such as those with traumatic brain injury and mild cognitive impairment (Fleming et al, 2005;Shum et al, 2011;Fish et al, 2015). For instance, a randomized control trial for individuals with traumatic brain injury by Shum et al (2011) (Tsang et al, 2021).…”

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“…However, no gains were observed on the laboratory event-based task and the Cooking Breakfast task. Although there is evidence that PM interventions are able to produce training gains, there are currently only 11 studies on PM interventions among healthy older adults; and nearly half of these studies included PM training as part of a larger memory training program (Tsang et al, 2021 ).…”

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The effects of implementation intentions on prospective memory in young and older adults

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Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to perform a planned action at a future time, while carrying on with other unrelated tasks. Implementation Intentions (II) is a promising metacognitive strategy for improving PM in older adults, though its generalization and longer-term effects are not well-understood. We examined the effects of II on PM in 48 community-dwelling older adults (77% female, Mage = 71.52) and 59 young adults (75% female, Mage = 19.86). Participants were randomly allocated to a conventional instruction or II group and administered a laboratory-based PM task in the first session. In the second session, participants returned to complete a similar but new laboratory-based PM task and an ecological PM task without prompts to use a strategy. We found strong age effects on PM performance whereby older adults performed worse than young adults across all PM tasks. While the overall facilitation effect of II was not statistically significant, there was a trend that this strategy facilitated PM performance on the laboratory-based PM task in the first session for older adults with a medium sized effect (d = 0.37). The generalization and longer-term effect of II were not significant for either the similar laboratory-based or the ecological PM task. These results suggest that a single-session II intervention may not be sufficient to elicit transfer to other similar new PM tasks in healthy populations.

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Prospective Memory Training for Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review

Cited by 10 publications

References 66 publications

Prospective memory assessment: Scientific advances and future directions

Prospective memory assessment: Scientific advances and future directions

The Development of a Pilot App Targeting Short-Term and Prospective Memory in People Diagnosed with Dementia

The effects of implementation intentions on prospective memory in young and older adults

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