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Facilitating recall of healthcare information in people with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
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People with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) face increasingly
complex choices relating to medication and can experience cognitive
impairments that impair recall of health information. There is limited research
exploring the effects of cognitive impairments on comprehension and recall of
health information in RRMS, Research into facilitating recall of health
information has focused on cognitively intact populations and used written
formats with questionable ecological validity. There is limited research
facilitating recall of spoken health information in RRMS. This cross-sectional
study investigated optimal ways of presenting spoken healthcare information
to people with RRMS and explores the cognitive correlates of recall of
healthcare information.
The study consisted of two novel experimental tasks and a
neuropsychological battery, completed by RRMS group and a matched
. healthy control group. In both experiments participants heard taped, spoken
health information. In Experiment 1, participants heard two extracts describing
fictitious health information, one at a slow spoken rate and another at a fast
rate; recall was then assessed. In Experiment 2, the participants heard four
extracts describing statistical risks associated with fictitious medications; risks
were presented as percentages (e.g. 1%) or frequencies (e.g. 1 in 100).
Immediate recall was assessed. Participants were also asked to rate how
willing they were to take the drug.
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