Supervised Digital Neuropsychological Tests for Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Usability and Clinical Validity Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia is a major and growing health problem, and early diagnosis is key to its management.

Objective

With 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.

Methods

To deploy the system in a nonsupervised environment, extensive functional testing of the platform was conducted

SUBMITTER: Lunardini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536607 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature