Enhanced learning and retention of medical information in Alzheimer's disease after differential outcomes training
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15491
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231578
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231578
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Molina, Michael; Carmona Lorente, Isabel María; Fuentes Melero, Luis José; Plaza Rodríguez, María Victoria; Fernández Estévez, María De Los AngelesFecha
2020-04Resumen
Background Adherence to treatment is a crucial factor for patients who have chronic illnesses or multiple morbidities and polypharmacy, which is frequently found in older adults. The non-adherence to medications has important economic and social consequences as well as impacts on the health of the patients. One of the reasons that can explain the low adherence to treatment, is the memory deficits that are characteristics of this population and that are even more evident in cases that involve neurodegenerative diseases. Methods and findings In this study, we explore whether the differential outcomes procedure (DOP), which has been shown to be useful in improving discriminative learning and memory in different populations, may facilitate learning and retention of medical recommendations in older adults who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The results demonstrate that when this procedure was applied, the patients showed improvements in learning and long-term retention of two ...
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Differential outcomes procedure