Usability of a new electronic assistive device for community-dwelling persons with mild dementia.
Objective: To evaluate a newly developed integrated digital prosthetic, the COGKNOW Day Navigator (CDN), to support persons with mild dementia in their daily lives, with memory, social contacts, daily activities and safety. Methods: A user participatory method was applied in the development process,...
| Publicado en: | Aging & Mental Health Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 584 - 592 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=77495167&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 77495167 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13607863 57E jtl: Aging & Mental Health issn: 13607863 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2012 vid: 16 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 77495167 10.1080/13607863.2011.651433 ppf: 584 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Usability of a new electronic assistive device for community-dwelling persons with mild dementia. aug: au: Meiland, FrankaJ.M. Bouman, AnsI.E. Sävenstedt, Stefan Bentvelzen, Sanne Davies, RichardJ. Mulvenna, MauriceD. Nugent, ChrisD. Moelaert, Ferial Hettinga, MarikeE. Bengtsson, JohanE. Dröes, Rose-Marie affil: Department of Psychiatry/Nursing Home Medicine, EMGO + Institute, Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, EMGO + Institute, Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of HSR, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands eHealth Innovation Centre, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, N. Ireland, UK Novay, Enschede, The Netherlands Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim, Zwolle, The Netherlands Cogknow Ltd, Gateway Center, Hamrun, Malta su: Action research Interviewing Psychological tests Assistive technology Treatment of dementia Chi-squared test Computer input-output equipment Neuropsychological tests Portable computers Questionnaires Scales (Weighing instruments) Statistics Wireless communications Data analysis Independent living Cognitive rehabilitation Data analysis software Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Action research Interviewing Psychological tests Assistive technology Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing Electronic Computer Manufacturing All other general-purpose machinery manufacturing Scale and Balance Manufacturing Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing Treatment of dementia Chi-squared test Computer input-output equipment Neuropsychological tests Portable computers Questionnaires Scales (Weighing instruments) Statistics Wireless communications Data analysis Independent living Cognitive rehabilitation Data analysis software Descriptive statistics keyword: cognitive prosthetic mild dementia usefulness user participatory design cognitive prosthetic mild dementia usefulness user participatory design ab: Objective: To evaluate a newly developed integrated digital prosthetic, the COGKNOW Day Navigator (CDN), to support persons with mild dementia in their daily lives, with memory, social contacts, daily activities and safety. Methods: A user participatory method was applied in the development process, which consisted of three iterative 1-year cycles with field tests in Amsterdam, Belfast and Luleå. In the successive cycles 16, 14 and 12 persons with dementia and their carers participated. Data on usability were collected by means of interviews, observations, questionnaires, logging and diaries. The CDN prototype consists of a touch screen, a mobile device, sensors and actuators. Results: The evaluation showed that persons with dementia and carers valued the CDN overall as user-friendly and useful. Conclusions regarding the effectiveness of the system in daily life were limited due to insufficient duration of the testing period caused by delays in development and some instability of the final prototype. Conclusion: With the suggested adaptations, the CDN is expected to be a useful tool for supporting community-dwelling persons with mild dementia and their carers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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