Real-world compensatory strategy use in community-dwelling mid-life and older adults: An evaluation of quality.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Older adults often spontaneously engage in compensatory strategies (CS) to support everyday task completion, but factors that influence success of chosen CS remain unclear. This study examines whether real-world prospective memory (PM) task completion is better predicted by CS count or a CS quality rating. Method: Seventy mid-life and older adult participants were presented four novel, real-world PM tasks via remote assessment and encouraged to use their typical CS. The examiner captured detailed information about planned CS at task presentation (T1) and utilized CS at follow-up testing (T2). From this information, count (CS Count; quantity of CS) and quality (CS Quality; rating of CS thoroughness and utility) scores were coded separately for t

SUBMITTER: Beech BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10638463 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature