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P1‐355: The Effect of Early‐Stage Alzheimer’s Disease on Spatial Navigation Strategies: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Laczó Jan,
Parizkova Martina,
Moffat Scott D.,
Vyhnalek Martin,
Andel Ross,
Hort Jakob
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.1106
Subject(s) - dementia , psychology , hippocampus , biomarker , cognition , alzheimer's disease , disease , cognitive impairment , audiology , etiology , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry
pentagon drawing: t (53) 1⁄4 2.016, p < .05; for the four ADAS-Cog drawings: t (53) 1⁄4 2.89, p < .01. Subjects were able to copy designs with more accuracy on paper as compared to the tablet. Conclusions: Completing praxis tasks on a tablet computer resulted in significantly lower scores as compared to paper and pencil techniques. These methodologies do not seem to be equivalent. The subjects in this study were young, healthy normals and results with an older, demented population with less experience using tablet technology would presume to be increasingly detrimental. More research is needed to fully understand the impact of tablet technology on traditional assessment of cognition in Alzheimer’s disease.