Using simple technology to prompt multistep tasks in the home for people with dementia: An exploratory study comparing prompting formats
Autor: | Hazel Boyd, Roger Orpwood, Nigel Harris, Nina Evans |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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030506 rehabilitation Sociology and Political Science Reminder Systems Applied psychology Exploratory research Video Recording prompting computer.software_genre Task (project management) law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Touchscreen Moderate dementia law assistive technology Activities of Daily Living medicine Dementia Humans Set (psychology) Design technology Aged Aged 80 and over Text Messaging Multimedia Audiovisual Aids General Social Sciences General Medicine Articles sequencing medicine.disease CD player technology Female 0305 other medical science Psychology computer 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Dementia (London, England) |
ISSN: | 1741-2684 1471-3012 |
Popis: | Objectives To investigate the relative effectiveness of different prompts for people with dementia during multistep tasks in the home, to inform prompting technology design. Methods Nine pairs of participants (one with dementia and a partner or relative) participated at home. The participants with mild to moderate dementia (5M/4F, aged 73–86 years) functioned at the Planned or Exploratory levels of the Pool Activity Level instrument. A touchscreen computer displayed different prompts during two set tasks: “card-and-envelope” and “CD player.” The trials were scored to establish the relative effectiveness of the prompts. Individual tasks were also explored. Results Text and audio prompts were each more effective than video or picture prompts for a card-and-envelope task, but this was not seen in a CD player task. The differences may be related to the type of actions within the tasks; the card-and-envelope actions were easier to convey verbally; the CD player actions lent themselves to visual prompts. Conclusions Designers of technology-based prompts for people with dementia should consider that the effectiveness of different prompts is likely to be task dependent. Familiar, unambiguous language can increase the success of tailored prompts. There are significant practical challenges associated with choosing and deconstructing everyday tasks at home. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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