scholarly journals A Study on Information Device Input Considering Cognitive Characteristic of Persons with Mild Dementia

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-171
Author(s):  
Misato NIHEI ◽  
Hiroshi YOSHITAKE ◽  
Tomohiro TAKEZAWA ◽  
Rina ISHIWATA ◽  
Takenobu INOUE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mild Dementia ◽  
Cognitive Characteristic

Mobile phone apps’ support for people with mild dementia: A systematic review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leona Cilar ◽  
Lucija Gosak ◽  
Amanda Briggs ◽  
Klavdija Čuček Trifkovič ◽  
Tracy McClelland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
General Term ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Mild Dementia ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
System Usability Scale

BACKGROUND Dementia is a general term for various disorders characterized by memory impairment and loss of at least one cognitive domain. People with dementia are faced with different difficulties in their daily life activities (DLA). With the use of modern technologies, such as mobile phone apps – often called health apps, their difficulties can be alleviated. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper was to systematically search, analyze and synthetize mobile phone apps designed to support people with mild dementia in daily life activities in two apps bases: Apple App Store and Google Play Store. METHODS A search was conducted in May 2019 following PRISMA recommendations. Results were analyzed and displayed as tables and graphs. Results were synthetized using thematic analysis which was conducted from 14 components, based on human needs for categorized nursing activities. Mobile phone apps were assessed for quality using the System Usability Scale. RESULTS A total of 15 mobile phone apps were identified applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Five major themes were identified with thematic analysis: multi-component DLA, communication and feelings, recreation, eating and drinking, and movement. Most of the apps (73%) of the apps were not mentioned in scientific literature. CONCLUSIONS There are many mobile phone apps available in mobile phone markets for the support for people with mild dementia; yet only a few of them are focused on challenges in daily life activities. Most of the available apps were not evaluated nor assessed for quality.

scholarly journals Endoscopic Removal of a Press-Through Pack from the Anal Canal

2021 ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Ayaka Takasu ◽  
Takashi Ikeya ◽  
Katsuyuki Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Anal Canal ◽  
Large Intestine ◽  
Digital Rectal Examination ◽  
Anal Pain ◽  
Endoscopic Removal ◽  
Mild Dementia ◽  
Anal Fissures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pass Through

The incidence of press-through pack (PTP) ingestion has been increasing. In many cases, the ingested PTP is lodged in the esophagus. Here, we report a case of endoscopic removal of a PTP from the anal canal. An 89-year-old man with mild dementia presented with a 3-day history of anal pain. On digital rectal examination, we felt a hard and sharp object, which could not be manually removed due to its shape. Therefore, it was removed endoscopically. We inserted an endoscope with a large-caliber soft oblique cap and observed the PTP in the anal canal. It was successfully removed using grasping forceps. The patient was stable, with only mild anal fissures, and no serious complications such as perforation and bleeding were observed. It is generally recognized that a PTP that reaches the large intestine is naturally expelled. Even if a PTP could pass through the pylorus or the small intestine, it could still be difficult to discharge naturally from the anus without discomfort or pain, as in this case.

P3-303: DOES TIME OF DAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT PERFORMANCE ON COGNITIVE TESTS IN PATIENTS WITH MILD DEMENTIA?

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. P742-P742
Author(s):  
Upinder Singh ◽  
Mandeep Gill ◽  
Rebecca Rice ◽  
Fallon Dimaano ◽  
Andrea Warburton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Of Day ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Mild Dementia

The association between neuropsychological functioning and driving performance in older people with mild dementia

2015 ◽  
Vol 357 ◽  
pp. e230
Author(s):  
L. Crivelli ◽  
M. Russo ◽  
M. Bonetto ◽  
C. Prado ◽  
M. Farez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Neuropsychological Functioning ◽  
Driving Performance ◽  
Mild Dementia

scholarly journals Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Measures of Neurodegeneration among Hispanic and White Non-Hispanic Individuals with Normal Cognition, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanna L. Burke ◽  
Miriam J. Rodriguez ◽  
Warren Barker ◽  
Maria T Greig-Custo ◽  
Monica Rosselli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Entorhinal Cortex ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Structural Mri ◽  
Diagnostic Group ◽  
Disease Stage ◽  
Clinical Dementia Rating ◽  
Mild Dementia

AbstractObjectives:The aim of this study was to determine the presence and severity of potential cultural and language bias in widely used cognitive and other assessment instruments, using structural MRI measures of neurodegeneration as biomarkers of disease stage and severity.Methods:Hispanic (n=75) and White non-Hispanic (WNH) (n=90) subjects were classified as cognitively normal (CN), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and mild dementia. Performance on the culture-fair and educationally fair Fuld Object Memory Evaluation (FOME) and Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) between Hispanics and WNHs was equivalent, in each diagnostic group. Volumetric and visually rated measures of the hippocampus entorhinal cortex, and inferior lateral ventricles (ILV) were measured on structural MRI scans for all subjects. A series of analyses of covariance, controlling for age, depression, and education, were conducted to compare the level of neurodegeneration on these MRI measures between Hispanics and WNHs in each diagnostic group.Results:Among both Hispanics and WNH groups there was a progressive decrease in volume of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, and an increase in volume of the ILV (indicating increasing atrophy in the regions surrounding the ILV) from CN to aMCI to mild dementia. For equivalent levels of performance on the FOME and CDR, WNHs had greater levels of neurodegeneration than did Hispanic subjects.Conclusions:Atrophy in medial temporal regions was found to be greater among WNH than Hispanic diagnostic groups, despite the lack of statistical differences in cognitive performance between these two ethnic groups. Presumably, unmeasured factors result in better cognitive performance among WNH than Hispanics for a given level of neurodegeneration. (JINS, 2018,24, 176–187)

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