RT Journal Article
T1 Design process and preliminary psychometric study of a video game to detect cognitive impairment in senior adults
A1 Valladares Rodríguez, Sonia
A1 Pérez Rodríguez, Roberto
A1 Facal Mayo, David
A1 Fernández Iglesias, Manuel José
A1 Anido Rifón, Luis
A1 Mouriño García, Marcos
K1 Neuroscience
K1 Cognitive Disorders
K1 Neurology
K1 Human-Computer Interaction
K1 Digital game
K1 Episodic memory assessment
K1 Early detection of alzheimer and mild cognitive impairment
K1 Ecological neuropsychological evaluation
K1 Validity
K1 Psychometric properties
K1 Usability
AB IntroductionAssessment of episodic memory has been traditionally used to evaluate potential cognitive impairments in senior adults. Typically, episodic memory evaluation is based on personal interviews and pen-and-paper tests. This article presents the design, development and a preliminary validation of a novel digital game to assess episodic memory intended to overcome the limitations of traditional methods, such as the cost of its administration, its intrusive character, the lack of early detection capabilities, the lack of ecological validity, the learning effect and the existence of confounding factors.Materials and MethodsOur proposal is based on the gamification of the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) and it has been designed to comply with the psychometric characteristics of reliability and validity. Two qualitative focus groups and a first pilot experiment were carried out to validate the proposal.ResultsA more ecological, non-intrusive and better administrable tool to perform cognitive assessment was developed. Initial evidence from the focus groups and pilot experiment confirmed the developed game’s usability and offered promising results insofar its psychometric validity is concerned. Moreover, the potential of this game for the cognitive classification of senior adults was confirmed, and administration time is dramatically reduced with respect to pen-and-paper tests.LimitationsAdditional research is needed to improve the resolution of the game for the identification of specific cognitive impairments, as well as to achieve a complete validation of the psychometric properties of the digital game.ConclusionInitial evidence show that serious games can be used as an instrument to assess the cognitive status of senior adults, and even to predict the onset of mild cognitive impairments or Alzheimer’s disease
PB PEERJ INC
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22552
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22552
LA eng
NO Valladares-Rodriguez S, Perez-Rodriguez R, Facal D, Fernandez-Iglesias MJ, Anido-Rifon L, Mouriño-Garcia M. 2017. Design process and preliminary psychometric study of a video game to detect cognitive impairment in senior adults. PeerJ 5:e3508
NO The present work has been funded by the government of Galicia (Xunta de Galicia, Spain) to cover the travel expenses to participants’ homes during the pilot experiment (Ref.: 2016/236)
DS Minerva
RD 29 abr 2026