Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire.
PRMQ
- What it measures
- Self-reported everyday memory failures split into prospective (remembering to do things) and retrospective (remembering past information) memory
- Length and format
- 16 (8 prospective, 8 retrospective). 5-pt frequency Likert (very often ... never) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Translated into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Persian and others (approx 15+ langs)
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Smith G, Della Sala S, Logie RH, Maylor EA. Prospective and retrospective memory in normal ageing and dementia: a questionnaire study. Memory. 2000;8(5):311-321.
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