Abstract
Objective: The main goal of pre-research was to monitor the relationship between memory functions measured by the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test - Third Version (RBMT-3) and their subsequent influence on occupational performance in ADL (pADL) in patients after aquired brain injury. The partial objective was to determine whether self-sufficiency in ADL can be predicted from RBMT-3 results.
Methods: The research group consisted of 40 probands after acquired brain injury. For data collection, the RBMT-3 for assessing the memory function level was used.
FIM (version 5.2) was used for evaluating the level of occupational performance in pADL. Hypothesis verification was performed by correlation analysis and corrected Spearman's correlation coefficient and p-values.
For this pre-research, the level of significance α1 0.05). The predictive validity of RBMT-3 has also not been demonstrated, a higher p value than the chosen significance level was found.
Conclusion: The pre-research did not confirm the direct relationship between the memory function level and the level of self-sufficiency. The pre-research did not confirm the predictive validity of RBMT-3.
For occupational therapists, however, it is necessary to examine the relationship between the level of memory functions and self-sufficiency. Memory impairments can affect varying degrees of day-to-day performance, whether personal or instrumental.