Medication Management Capacity and Its Neurocognitive Correlates in Huntington's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although medication management is a necessary daily activity for individuals with Huntington's disease (HD), medication management abilities and their relation to cognitive functioning have not been evaluated.

Method

Twenty individuals with HD and 20 healthy adults (HA) completed the Medication Management Abilities Assessment (MMAA). Individuals with HD also completed a self-report medication management measure and neuropsychological tests assessing executive function, retrospective memory, and prospective memory.

Results

Individuals with HD performed significantly poorer and made more undertaking errors on the MMAA as compared to HA. No group differences were found in overtaking errors. In the HD group, significant associations were found between undertakin

SUBMITTER: Sumida CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849462 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature