Resumo

The elderly population is growing fast mainly in the industrialized countries. Ageing is associated with different morbidities including cognitive impairments that limit the ability of these individuals to carry out their daily life activities. This study reports on the development of a computer-assisted approach for cognitive assessment in the elderly. The sample comprised old aged persons from a day care center that completed cognitive exercises in a non-immersive virtual reality system. The results showed correlations between the outcomes of these exercises and traditional neuropsychological tests, suggesting that performance in computer-assisted cognitive tasks replicates that of traditional neurocognitive tests, although further studies are needed to better understand the cognitive functions that underlying these cognitive exercises.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoREHAB 2016 - Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques
EditoresHabib M. Fardoun, Daniyal M. Alghazzawi, Victor M. R. Penichet, Pedro Gamito
EditoraAssociation for Computing Machinery
Páginas36-39
Número de páginas4
ISBN (eletrónico)9781450347655
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 13 out. 2016
Evento4th Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2016 - Lisbon
Duração: 13 out. 201614 out. 2016

Série de publicação

NomeACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conferência

Conferência4th Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2016
País/TerritórioPortugal
CidadeLisbon
Período13/10/1614/10/16

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