Skriftligt och muntligt berättande hos vuxna i åldern 30-80 år
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TangentloggningsprogramOrd per minutAktiv skrivtidTecken i färdig textäldre vuxnaKeystroke loggingWords per minuteActive writing timeNumber of characters in finished textHealthy elderly
This study aimed to investigate written and oral narrative in adults. The participants consisted of 30 subjects aged 32-79 years. They produced one picture elicited and one free narrative, both written and orally. The written narratives were recorded in a keystroke logging program and the oral narratives were transcribed orthographically. Data from all the narratives were analyzed according to: number of words, words/minute, active writing time, total process time, number of characters and number of characters in the final text. A negative correlation was found between age and word per minute for all narratives. The written picture elicited narrative generated the most words and the participants had the largest share of active writing time during the production of free narrative. Participants retained about 90% of the total number of produced characters. Investigating the narrative ability in healthy adults can contribute to reference data for future research regarding narrative ability of various groups of patients.