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.
Do you see an error or have a suggestion for this instrument summary? Please e-mail us!
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.