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Automated cognitive assessment of elderly patients: A comparison of two types of response device
Author(s) -
Carr A. C.,
Woods R. T.,
Moore B. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1986.tb00711.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience
Groups of 14 cognitively impaired elderly people were tested on two automated cognitive tests on several occasions. Patients registered their responses using either a touch‐sensitive screen or a board with illuminated response buttons. The results indicate that the touch‐sensitive screen is probably a more suitable response device than the button‐board. Suggestions that it would prove disadvantageous to elderly patients were not supported, and its continued use is recommended.