Shenakht Journal of Psychology & Psychiatry

Introduction: Some factors such as cultural differences, age, gender, and education play a significant role in evaluation of daily memory.
Objective: This study aimed to examine how socio-demographic factors including age, gender, education, and illness duration influence daily memory in individuals with stroke, heart attack, and those undergoing dialysis.
Methods: This descriptive study was carried out as a causal-comparative analysis among stroke, heart attack, and dialysis patients in Zahedan. A total of 90 participants were selected through convenience sampling, comprising 30 patients with stroke, 30 with heart attack, and 30 undergoing dialysis. Data were collected using the Sunderland Everyday Memory Questionnaire, alongside demographic variables such as age, gender, education, and illness duration. Statistical analyses, including one-way ANOVA and independent-samples t-tests, were conducted to compare means among the groups using SPSS version 23.
Findings: The findings indicated that daily memory performance was notably influenced by age and education (P<0.05). With increasing age and higher education, daily memory issues decreased. Gender did not have a significant impact on daily memory performance (P>0.05). With an increase in the duration of illness, daily memory issues tend to decline among patients with stroke and heart attack. In contrast, daily memory impairments in the dialysis group increase with longer durations of dialysis treatment.
Conclusion: Given that the memory and recall influence patient adherence to treatment, it can be inferred that individuals with superior memory and fewer recall mistakes tend to exhibit greater compliance with their treatment regimen.