Miami Prospective Memory Test in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Martine Simard, Isabelle Rouleau, Helena Kadlec, Vanessa Taler, Holly Tuokko, Stacey Voll, Megan E. O’Connell, Lauren E. Griffith, Christina Wolfson, Susan Kirkland, Parminder Raina

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the effect of age, education and sex on Miami Prospective Memory Test (MPMT) performance obtained at baseline of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) by neurologically healthy French- and English-speaking subsamples of participants (N = 18,511). Method: The CLSA is a nation-wide large epidemiological study with participants aged 45–85 years old at baseline. The MPMT is an event- and time-based measure of prospective memory, with scores of intention, accuracy and need for reminders, administered as part of the Comprehensive data collection. Participants who did not self-report any conditions that could impact cognition were selected, which resulted in 15,103 English- and 3408 French-speaking participants. The samples are stratified according to four levels of education and four age groups (45–54; 55–64; 65–74; 75+). Results: There is a significant age effect for English- and French-speaking participants on the Event-based, Time-based, and Event- + Time-based scores of the MPMT. The effect of the education level was also demonstrated on the three MPMT scores in the English-speaking group. The score ‘Intention to perform’ was the most sensitive to the effect of age in both the English and French samples. Sex had no impact on performance on the MPMT. Conclusions: This study confirms the impact of age and level of education on this new prospective memory task. It informs future research with this measure including the development of normative data in French- and English-speaking Canadians on the Event-based and Time-based MPMT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)137-165
Number of pages29
JournalClinical Neuropsychologist
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The preparation of this manuscript was supported by funding provided by the Alzheimer Society of Canada/Société Alzheimer du Canada and the Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation [grant number 17-29]. This research was made possible using the data collected by the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Funding for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) was provided by the Government of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) under grant reference: LSA 9447 and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. This research has been conducted using the CLSA Baseline Comprehensive dataset version 2.0 under Application Number 160606. Lauren Griffith is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator’s Award, and the McLaughlin Foundation Professorship in Population and Public Health. Parminder Raina holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Geroscience and the Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging.

Funding Information:
This research was made possible using the data collected by the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Funding for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) was provided by the Government of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) under grant reference: LSA 9447 and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. This research has been conducted using the CLSA Baseline Comprehensive dataset version 2.0 under Application Number 160606. Lauren Griffith is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator’s Award, and the McLaughlin Foundation Professorship in Population and Public Health. Parminder Raina holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Geroscience and the Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging.

Funding Information:
The preparation of this manuscript was supported by funding provided by the Alzheimer Society of Canada/Société Alzheimer du Canada and the Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation [grant number 17-29].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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