The Efficacy of Self‐taught Memory Training for Community‐dwelling Older Adults

Scogin, Forrest; Prohaska, Mark L.

doi:10.1080/0360127920180801

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“…In contrast, a positive effect of the intervention in the individual training group was only found on the Anxiety scale of the MIA. This contrasts with reports of the effectiveness of self-taught training in improving memory performance and memory knowledge [25] and with reports that individual training is as effective as group training [24,40]. However, our findings are consistent with other studies showing that the gain of an intervention is maximal when participants can benefit from the comforting and motivating effect of sharing their concerns about memory with others [22,41].…”

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“…Group sessions are known to have a comforting and motivating effect because people can share problems with a relevant peer group [22]. However, self-taught memory-training programs are also an effective form of memory intervention [23][24][25], and are advantageous in that a large group of subjects can be reached in a fairly inexpensive way. Moreover, self-taught memory-training programs have some practical advantages, such as the fact that participants do not have to go to the training at fixed times and have the opportunity to study at their own speed.…”

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confidence: 98%

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The effect of two types of memory training on subjective and objective memory performance in healthy individuals aged 55 years and older: a randomized controlled trial

Valentijn

Hooren

Bosma

et al. 2005

Patient Education and Counseling

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The objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of two types of memory training (collective and individual), compared to control (waiting list), on memory performance. Participants were 139 community-dwelling older individuals recruited through media advertisements asking for people with subjective memory complaints to participate in a study. Data were collected at baseline, and at 1 week and 4 months after the intervention. Training efficacy was assessed using measures of subjective and objective memory performance. After the intervention, participants in the collective training group reported more stability in memory functioning and had fewer feelings of anxiety and stress about memory functioning. In addition, positive effects were found on objective memory functioning. Compared with the other two groups, the collective training group participants had an improved recall of a previously learned word list. Compared to controls, participants in the individual training group reported fewer feelings of anxiety and stress in relation to memory functioning.

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confidence: 98%

The effect of two types of memory training on subjective and objective memory performance in healthy individuals aged 55 years and older: a randomized controlled trial

Valentijn

Hooren

Bosma

et al. 2005

Patient Education and Counseling

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118

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“…None of the 5 P treatments investigated in the included studies fulfilled all of the criteria for structural equivalence suggested by Baskin et al [64]. The 2 studies with the most inadequate P [24,50] solely investigated conventional MT versus P. Here, the effects of MT could have been overestimated.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Conventional training can either take place in groups or in an autodidactic format (e.g. books or audiotapes) [24,32,50,51,52,53,54,55]. …”

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The Effects of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Subjective Memory Complaints: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Metternich

Kosch

Kriston³

et al. 2008

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: Subjective memory complaints (SMC) in the absence of psychiatric or neurological disorders are common among older adults. Although increasing numbers of individuals are suffering from SMC, research into interventions alleviating SMC is sparse. The present systematic review was conducted in order to present a clearer picture of the quality, quantity and outcomes of SMC intervention research. Methods: PubMed and PsychInfo were searched with a comprehensive search string delivering 4,496 hits. Abstracts and – if applicable – full texts of these studies were screened by independent raters according to predefined criteria. Fourteen relevant studies were included in the review. The categories of intervention were: conventional memory training (MT; n = 8), expectancy change (EC: cognitive restructuring, psychoeducation, etc.; n = 5), combined interventions (n = 5), physical training (n = 1), and physical and mental training combined (n = 2). The outcomes were: subjective memory measures, objective memory, depressive symptoms and well-being. Results: EC, followed by combined interventions, was most efficient in influencing subjective memory. MT or physical and mental training combined were not efficient. On objective memory, MT was the only efficient intervention. No effects were found on depressive symptoms and well-being, with low numbers of studies in these comparisons. Conclusion: EC seems to be most efficient in influencing SMC, whereas in objective memory MT is the only effective intervention. Depressive symptoms or well-being do not seem to be influenced significantly by any of the interventions. To date, the number of high-quality publications on SMC interventions is relatively low. More randomized controlled trials including measures of depressive symptoms and well-being are needed.

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“…Groups of 4-5 participants were formed. Training was conducted in groups, as this format was found to be more efficient than individual training [16,43,44] . There were three instructors.…”

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Improvement of Episodic Memory in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Older Adults: Evidence from a Cognitive Intervention Program

Belleville

Gilbert²,

Fontaine³

et al. 2006

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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The efficacy of cognitive training was assessed in persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and persons with normal cognitive aging. Forty-seven participants were included in this study: 28 with MCI and 17 controls. Twenty-one participants received intervention (20 MCI and 9 controls) and 16 participants (8 MCI and 8 controls) received no intervention (waiting-list group). The intervention focused on teaching episodic memory strategies. Three tasks of episodic memory (list recall, face-name association, text memory) were used as primary outcome measures. Results were analyzed using analyses of variance. The intervention effect (pre- and post-intervention difference) was significant on two of the primary outcome measures (delayed list recall and face-name association). A significant pre-post-effect was also found on measures of subjective memory and well-being. There was no improvement in the performance of groups of individuals with MCI and normal elderly persons who did not receive the intervention. These results suggest that persons with MCI can improve their performance on episodic memory when provided with cognitive training.

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The Efficacy of Self‐taught Memory Training for Community‐dwelling Older Adults

Cited by 27 publications

References 12 publications

The effect of two types of memory training on subjective and objective memory performance in healthy individuals aged 55 years and older: a randomized controlled trial

The effect of two types of memory training on subjective and objective memory performance in healthy individuals aged 55 years and older: a randomized controlled trial

The Effects of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Subjective Memory Complaints: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Improvement of Episodic Memory in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Older Adults: Evidence from a Cognitive Intervention Program

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