ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
Supervised Digital Neuropsychological Tests for Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Usability and Clinical Validity Study.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Digital Cognitive Assessment Tests for Older Adults: Systematic Literature Review.JMIR mental health · 2023Review
- Assessing Feasibility of Cognitive Impairment Testing Using Social Robotic Technology Augmented with Affective Computing and Emotional State Detection Systems.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Role of Clinical Assessment in the Era of Biomarkers.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2023Review
- The current state of artificial intelligence-augmented digitized neurocognitive screening test.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Review
- Usability evaluation of mHealth apps for elderly individuals: a scoping review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Article
- Digital Cognitive Biomarker for Mild Cognitive Impairments and Dementia: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Interactive Somatosensory Games in Rehabilitation Training for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Usability Study.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- Refining a Digital Therapeutic Platform for Home Care Agencies in Dementia Care to Elicit Stakeholder Feedback: Focus Group Study With Stakeholders.JMIR aging · 2022Article
- Can Virtual Assistants Perform Cognitive Assessment in Older Adults? A Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDementia is a major and growing health problem, and early diagnosis is key to its management.
objectiveWith the ultimate goal of providing a monitoring tool that could be used to support the screening for cognitive decline, this study aims to develop a supervised, digitized version of 2 neuropsychological tests: Trail Making Test and Bells Test. The system consists of a web app that implements a tablet-based version of the tests and consists of an innovative vocal assistant that acts as the virtual supervisor for the execution of the test. A replay functionality is added to allow inspection of the user's performance after test completion.
methodsTo deploy the system in a nonsupervised environment, extensive functional testing of the platform was conducted, together with a validation of the tablet-based tests. Such validation had the two-fold aim of evaluating system usability and acceptance and investigating the concurrent validity of computerized assessment compared with the corresponding paper-and-pencil counterparts.
resultsThe results obtained from 83 older adults showed high system acceptance, despite the patients' low familiarity with technology. The system software was successfully validated. A concurrent validation of the system reported good ability of the digitized tests to retain the same predictive power of the corresponding paper-based tests.
conclusionsAltogether, the positive results pave the way for the deployment of the system to a nonsupervised environment, thus representing a potential efficacious and ecological solution to support clinicians in the identification of early signs of cognitive decline.
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