Previously submitted to: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (no longer under consideration since Aug 24, 2020)
Date Submitted: Sep 18, 2019
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The Bamberg Tablet-Based Training Battery (BTTB) Pilot data regarding attractiveness, validity and usability of a cognitive stimulation app for dementia patients
ABSTRACT
Background:
Recently, non-drug treatment options to reduce cognitive decline in dementia have become increasingly prominent. First results from qualitative studies show that tablet-based applications are perceived as attractive by dementia patients.
Objective:
Attractiveness, validity and usability of a cognitive stimulation app developed for groups of older people were examined using quantitative data.
Methods:
A standardized group session was performed with 20 subjects (10 women, 10 men, 6 controls, 8 patients with mild cognitive impairment and 6 patients with mild dementia), in which four tasks from the tablet-based app as well as four paper and pencil tasks from a validated manual for cognitive activation in patients with mild dementia were administered.
Results:
Both types of tasks were rated as little exhausting and very attractive, with three of the four tablet tasks being rated better in terms of attractiveness (P=.017, .008 and .096). Although the majority of tasks was solved more quickly by the participants with lower cognitive deficits (.002 <= P <= .038), the exercises were resolved timely and without problems by all participants from the beginning, and the groups did not differ in their learning progress regarding tablet operating speed (.193 <= P <= .739).
Conclusions:
The findings encourage the use of this low cost and accessible technology. With the BTTB, a ready-to-use application without additional costs or hardware requirements is available, which can be used directly in group sessions with dementia patients.
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