Dailycog: A real-world functional cognitive mobile application for evaluating mild cognitive impairment (mci) in Parkinson’s disease

Sara Rosenblum, Ariella Richardson, Sonya Meyer, Tal Nevo, Maayan Sinai, Sharon Hassin-Baer

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Abstract

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting patient functioning and quality of life. Aside from the motor symptoms of PD, cognitive impairment may occur at early stages of PD and has a substantial impact on patient emotional and physical health. Detecting these early signs through actual daily functioning while the patient is still functionally independent is challenging. We developed DailyCog—a smartphone application for the detection of mild cognitive impairment. DailyCog includes an environment that simulates daily tasks, such as making a drink and shopping, as well as a self-report questionnaire related to daily events performed at home requiring executive functions and visual–spatial abilities, and psychomotor speed. We present the detailed design of DailyCog and discuss various considerations that influenced the design. We tested DailyCog on patients with mild cognitive impairment in PD. Our case study demonstrates how the markers we used coincide with the cognitive levels of the users. We present the outcome of our usability study that found that most users were able to use our app with ease, and provide details on how various features were used, along with some of the difficulties that were identified.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1788
Pages (from-to)1-14
Number of pages14
JournalSensors
Volume21
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Mar 2021

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Keywords

  • Ehealth
  • Mild cognitive Impairment
  • Mobile healthcare
  • Parkinson’s disease

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Information Systems
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biochemistry
  • Instrumentation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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