An observational study in eHealth, sponsored by Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven. Active, not recruiting at 2 sites in Belgium. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-07-03.
Sponsored by Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Observational
To assess cognitive performance by means of the game of Solitaire. In this study, the investigators want to define relevant game metrics, when playing Solitaire, that may be indicative of cognitive performance.
12-15 healthy older persons will be observed, as well as 12-15 persons with cognitive impairment, while playing Solitaire. This will take the shape of contextual inquiries, i.e. the researcher visits the older person in his/her natural context and ask his/her to play Solitaire. Older persons will be observed playing 8-10 rounds of playing Solitaire, both with a physical deck of card and on a tablet. Gameplay actions and player behaviors will be observed and recorded for later analysis, via screen capturing software installed on the tablet, including the recordings of facial expressions and verbal utterances via the integrated touchpad camera and microphone. According to the contextual inquiry method, which is a 'light' form of participant observation, the researcher will take the role of an 'apprentice'; he/she will observe and may ask questions for a better understanding of the player actions. At the end of the visit, following cognitive domains will be measured through pen-and-paper testing: visual scanning and psychomotor speed (Digit symbol substitution test), attention and executive function (Trail making test, digit span, verbal fluency, maze test), Camden topographical memory,... The duration of such a visit will last approximately 120 minutes.
These observations of game play actions and behaviors and the results that participants obtained on the cognitive test battery will be analyzed with experts in light of cognitive performance. More particular, the investigator will look for the measurable aspects of cognitive performance in the game, guided by earlier measures put forward by Jimison et al and Kaye et al. While they still list generic measures (e.g. 'target detection' or 'correctly retrieving item from previous knowledge'), this study will now operationalize these specifically for the game of Solitaire and for the target group (e.g. 'detection of card to move onto the build stack' or 'retrieving the card as available from the pile'). Hence, possible game metrics will be discussed and defined.
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24-30 participants, both cognitively healthy older persons (n = 12-15) as well as older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild Alzheimer's disease (mAD) (12-15)
For the HEALTHY participants
For the participants with COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Specification of Cognitive Performance Metrics for the game Solitaire
From this study, metrics will be defined which can measure cognitive performance in cardgames like Solitaire. Possible candidates are, but are not limited to: situational awareness to measure visual perception and performance on dual tasks to measure divided attention. A more detailed table of possible game metrics of cognitive performance can be found in H. B. Jimison, M. Pavel, P. Bissell, and J. McKanna, "A Framework for Cognitive Monitoring Using Computer Game Interactions," Medinfo 2007 Proc. 12th World Congr. Health Med. Inform. Build. Sustain. Health Syst., p. 1073, 2007.
Time frame: 1 day
Design Guidelines Apps for the Elderly
While playing the Solitaire game, feedback considering the usability of the game can be used to formulate design guidelines for applications.
Time frame: 1 day
Plan to share: Undecided
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