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Validity of the Comprehensive Assessment of Prospective Memory (CAPM) for Use With Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Jennifer Fleming ,
Sahra Kennedy ,
Rebecca Fisher ,
Hannah Gill ,
Matthew Gullo  and
David Shum
Jennifer Fleming*
Affiliation:
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia; Occupational Therapy Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia. [email protected]
Sahra Kennedy
Affiliation:
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
Rebecca Fisher
Affiliation:
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
Hannah Gill
Affiliation:
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia; Griffith Institute for Health and Medical Research, Griffith University, Australia.
Matthew Gullo
Affiliation:
Griffith Institute for Health and Medical Research, Griffith University, Australia; School of Psychology, Griffith University, Australia.
David Shum
Affiliation:
Griffith Institute for Health and Medical Research, Griffith University, Australia; School of Psychology, Griffith University, Australia.
*
*Address for correspondence: Dr Jennifer Fleming, The University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
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Abstract

Objective: To expand upon the existing psychometric properties of the Comprehensive Assessment of Prospective Memory (CAPM) for use with adults with traumatic brain injury by examining concurrent and criterion validity. Method: Participants were 45 adults with a traumatic brain injury. Participants and their relatives completed Section A of the CAPM and a measure of psychosocial integration. Participants were also administered two neuropsychological tests of prospective memory, the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAM-PROMPT) and the Memory Intentions Screening Test (MIST). Concurrent validity was measured by comparing scores on the CAPM with scores on the CAM-PROMPT and MIST. Criterion validity was examined by correlating CAPM scores with level of psychosocial integration. Results: Participant self-reports on the CAPM were not significantly correlated with the CAM-PROMPT or MIST, but were significantly correlated with level of psychosocial integration. Relative reports on the CAPM were correlated significantly with total score on the MIST and CAM-PROMPT and level of psychological integration. Conclusions: The findings indicate that the concurrent validity of the self-report version of CAPM is low suggesting that self-reports alone do not provide an objective measure for assessing prospective memory function. The relative report version however, demonstrated reasonable concurrent and criterion validity, suggesting that the relative report version of the Section A of the CAPM is a useful means of evaluating frequency of prospective memory failure in adults with traumatic brain injury.

Keywords

neuropsychological assessmentpsychosocial integrationself-reporttest validity
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Brain Impairment , Volume 10 , Issue 1: SPECIAL ISSUE - Prospective Memory , 01 May 2009 , pp. 34 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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