Poster Session 06 Program Schedule
02/15/2024
04:00 pm - 05:15 pm
Room: Majestic Complex (Posters 61-120)
Poster Session 06: Aging | MCI | Neurodegenerative Disease - PART 2
Final Abstract #101
The influence of planning and organizational skills during the copy trial of the Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure Test on memory for the complex figure in cognitively normal adults.
Margi Bhatt, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, US Minor Outlying Islands
Pavani Unnam, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Dhara Patel, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Sean McGinity, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Albert Botchway, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Ronald Zec, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Thomas Ala, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Erin Hascup, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Mehul Trivedi, SIU School of Medicine, SPRINGFIELD, US Minor Outlying Islands
Category: Aging
Keyword 1: aging disorders
Keyword 2: memory disorders
Keyword 3: aging (normal)
Objective:
The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test (ROCFT) is a measure used to assess brain function in normal and abnormal cognitive aging. This study analyzed ROCFT data to see if people with better planning and organizing skills had better immediate and delayed memory for the complex figure.
Participants and Methods:
Data from 763 participants in the SIU Longitudinal Cognitive Aging Study (LCAS) provided as the study's controls. The participants had a mean age of 65.2 years and mean education of 14.7 years. The ROCFT copy trial was administered using standardized methods followed by immediate and delayed recall trials. The Gestalt Rating technique (2, 1, 0.5, and 0) was used to classify the participants into four groups according to how well they planned and organized their copy trials. Higher scores indicated better planning and organization.
Results:
All analyses were conducted after correcting for age, education, and gender. Participants with a Gestalt rating score of 2 performed significantly better on the immediate and delayed recall trials compared to participants with a Gestalt Rating of 0 (p=0.002). There was no significant difference observed between participants with Gestalt ratings of 0 and 0.5 or participants with Gestalt ratings of 1 and 2.
Conclusions:
The study concludes that individuals with better planning/organization skills on the ROCFT copy trial have better memory for the figure compared to individuals with a disorganized approach during the copy trial. Future studies are needed to examine the influence of planning/organization skills on memory performance in abnormal cognitive aging.
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