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Toni D Withiel1, Dana Wong, Jennie L Ponsford
1School of Psychological Sciences, Monash Unviersity, Clayton, Australia.
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
|March 1, 2019
Summary
Group memory skills training, not computerized cognitive training, helped stroke survivors achieve memory goals. Further research is needed to confirm these findings for memory rehabilitation after stroke.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Memory deficits are a significant challenge for stroke survivors, representing a critical unmet need in community-based rehabilitation.
- Effective memory rehabilitation strategies are essential for improving the quality of life and functional independence of individuals post-stroke.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficacy of group compensatory memory skills training versus computerized cognitive training for memory rehabilitation in stroke survivors.
- To compare the effectiveness of these interventions on functional goal attainment and secondary memory-related outcomes.
Main Methods:
- A parallel, single-blind, randomized controlled trial involving 65 community-dwelling stroke survivors.
- Three groups were compared: compensatory memory skills group, computerized cognitive training group, and a wait-list control group.
- Outcomes included functional goal attainment, neuropsychological memory measures, and subjective ratings of memory failures and strategy use.
Main Results:
- Participants in the memory skills group reported significantly greater achievement of their personal memory goals compared to both the computerized training and control groups.
- A notable increase in the use of internal memory strategies was observed in the memory skills group.
- No significant differences were found between the groups for any of the objective or subjective secondary outcome measures.
Conclusions:
- Preliminary findings suggest that group compensatory memory skills training may be beneficial for improving functional memory goal attainment in stroke survivors.
- Computerized cognitive training did not demonstrate similar benefits for functional memory goal achievement in this study.
- Further research with larger sample sizes and objective measures is warranted to validate these results and explore the mechanisms of memory improvement after stroke.
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