Feasibility-Usability Study of a Tablet App Adapted Specifically for Persons with Cognitive Impairment-SMART4MD (Support Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia)
(2020) In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(18).- Abstract
Population ageing within Europe has major social and economic consequences. One of the most devastating conditions that predominantly affects older people is dementia. The SMART4MD (Support Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia) project aims to develop and test a health application specifically designed for people with mild dementia. The aim of this feasibility study was to evaluate the design of the SMART4MD protocol, including recruitment, screening, baseline examination and data management, and to test the SMART4MD application for functionality and usability before utilization in a full-scale study. The feasibility study tested the protocol and the app in Spain and Sweden. A total of nineteen persons with cognitive... (More)
Population ageing within Europe has major social and economic consequences. One of the most devastating conditions that predominantly affects older people is dementia. The SMART4MD (Support Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia) project aims to develop and test a health application specifically designed for people with mild dementia. The aim of this feasibility study was to evaluate the design of the SMART4MD protocol, including recruitment, screening, baseline examination and data management, and to test the SMART4MD application for functionality and usability before utilization in a full-scale study. The feasibility study tested the protocol and the app in Spain and Sweden. A total of nineteen persons with cognitive impairment, and their informal caregivers, individually performed a task-based usability test of the SMART4MD app model in a clinical environment, followed by four-week testing of the app in the home environment. By employing a user-centered design approach, the SMART4MD application proved to be an adequate and feasible interface for an eHealth intervention. In the final usability test, a score of 81% satisfied users was obtained. The possibility to test the application in all the procedures included in the study generated important information on how to present the technology to the users and how to improve these procedures.
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- author
- Quintana, Maria ; Anderberg, Peter LU ; Sanmartin Berglund, Johan ; Frögren, Joakim LU ; Cano, Neus ; Cellek, Selim ; Zhang, Jufen and Garolera, Maite
- publishing date
- 2020-09-18
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cognitive Dysfunction/rehabilitation, Computers, Handheld, Dementia/rehabilitation, Europe, Feasibility Studies, Humans, Software, Spain, Sweden, Technology
- in
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 18
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85091118595
- pmid:32961993
- ISSN
- 1660-4601
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17186816
- language
- English
- LU publication?
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- 84718225-0ea1-42ff-b35e-5cd39c3c49e4
- date added to LUP
- 2024-02-29 14:29:07
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abstract = {{<p>Population ageing within Europe has major social and economic consequences. One of the most devastating conditions that predominantly affects older people is dementia. The SMART4MD (Support Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia) project aims to develop and test a health application specifically designed for people with mild dementia. The aim of this feasibility study was to evaluate the design of the SMART4MD protocol, including recruitment, screening, baseline examination and data management, and to test the SMART4MD application for functionality and usability before utilization in a full-scale study. The feasibility study tested the protocol and the app in Spain and Sweden. A total of nineteen persons with cognitive impairment, and their informal caregivers, individually performed a task-based usability test of the SMART4MD app model in a clinical environment, followed by four-week testing of the app in the home environment. By employing a user-centered design approach, the SMART4MD application proved to be an adequate and feasible interface for an eHealth intervention. In the final usability test, a score of 81% satisfied users was obtained. The possibility to test the application in all the procedures included in the study generated important information on how to present the technology to the users and how to improve these procedures.</p>}},
author = {{Quintana, Maria and Anderberg, Peter and Sanmartin Berglund, Johan and Frögren, Joakim and Cano, Neus and Cellek, Selim and Zhang, Jufen and Garolera, Maite}},
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language = {{eng}},
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series = {{International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}},
title = {{Feasibility-Usability Study of a Tablet App Adapted Specifically for Persons with Cognitive Impairment-SMART4MD (Support Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia)}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186816}},
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