Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the episodic autobiographic memory interview for Brazilian Portuguese

Autor: Guilherme R. Rodrigues, Daniel S. Oliveira, Maria P. Foss, Osvaldo M. Takayanagui
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 73, Iss 8, Pp 676-680 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20150084
Popis: Episodic memory enables the storage of personal events with specific temporal and spatial details, and their retrieval through a sensory experience, usually visual, which is called autonoetic consciousness. While, in Brazil, several scales for the evaluation of anterograde episodic memory have been validated, there is not yet an instrument to assess the episodic autobiographical memory. The aim of this study is thus to make a cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Episodic Autobiographic Memory Interview (EAMI) for Brazilian Portuguese. Altogether, 11 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and 10 healthy controls (CTs) were evaluated. EAMI scores for AD patients were lower than those of CTs, and these scores also correlated positively with the Remember-Know coefficient. The intraclass correlation coefficient indicated a good inter-rater reliability. The Portuguese version of EAMI showed a good reliability and validity, which suggests that it is a useful tool for evaluation of autobiographical memory in Brazilian patients.
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