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Memory awareness among Japanese nursing facility residents
Author(s)	Satoshi Ide, Graham J McDougall, May H Wykle
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 8, August 1999
Pages	pp 601-607
Keywords	Memory and Reminiscence ; Depression ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Evaluation ; Japan.
Annotation	117 residents of seven geriatric nursing homes in Tokyo participated in this study. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Metamemory in Adulthood Questionnaire (MIA), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and demographic questionnaires were used in face-to-face interviews. Subjects were 32 older men and 85 older women, mean age 83.08 years. Depression was found to be a key factor for explaining metamemory; and accounted for 17% of the variance in capacity and 23% in change. There were no differences between the mild cognitive impairment group and the cognitively intact group on achievement, capacity, change, locus and strategy sub-scales. When depression was considered as a moderating factor, a difference arose between the two cognitive levels. History of stroke was not related to metamemory in this study. However, future studies should emphasise memory awareness in brain injury residents, since 41% of this sample had a history of CVA (cerebral vascular accident). (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990825283 A
Classmark	DB: ENR: KX: LHB: 4C: 7DT
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