Towards adopting serious games for cognitive tests with Brazilian older people

Authors

  • Leandro Agostini do Amaral ICMC, University of São Paulo
  • Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes ICMC, University of São Paulo
  • Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas Federal University of São Carlos
  • Paula Costa Castro Federal University of São Carlos
  • Thiago Jabur Bittar University of Goiás
  • Luanna Lopes Lobato University of Goiás

Keywords:

Digital cognitive test, serious games, game accessibility

Abstract

Serious games are a promising tool in different scenarios, such as education and health; however, there has been little research reported on their specialized use for older adults. We created a digital cognitive test – with the characteristics of a serious game – using Unified Design aiming to reproduce digitally the results of clinical cognitive evaluation in older people. The digital cognitive test was submitted to two validation experiments targeting an older public (n=40) with little experience in dealing with tablets or smartphones. The first experiment did not show significant correlation, but from it, we implemented initiatives to simplify the tests, which brought a positive result regarding convergence analysis in the second experiment. We concluded that it is possible to use digital games as cognitive tests adapted to the needs of older adults to achieve similar results as those of paper-based cognitive tests.

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Published

2019-12-13

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019)

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