Evaluation of CogWorldTravel: A Serious Game for Cognitive Screening

Oliveira, FTV; Garcia, JA; Gay, VC

Evaluation of CogWorldTravel: A Serious Game for Cognitive Screening

Oliveira, FTV Garcia, JA Gay, VC

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Publisher:: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Citation:: SeGAH 2022 - 2022 IEEE 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2022, 00, pp. 1-8
Issue Date:: 2022-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Oliveira, FTV
dc.contributor.author	Garcia, JA
dc.contributor.author	Gay, VC
dc.date	2022-08-10
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-13T03:45:34Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-13T03:45:34Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	SeGAH 2022 - 2022 IEEE 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2022, 00, pp. 1-8
dc.identifier.isbn	9781665484398
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/167135
dc.description.abstract	As the world population is growing older, there is an urge to develop new technologies to support older adults, who are at a greater risk for the onset of dementia. Cognitive Screening Instruments (CSIs) can be used to screen for dementia. While there are a significant number of available well-researched and accepted CSIs, they are associated with drawbacks. Serious games have been investigated as an alternative instrument to overcome the constraints of traditional methods. The use of serious games for cognitive screening is still a relatively new field of research, with previous works mostly focusing on finding out whether there is a correlation or not between games and cognitive performance. Serious games that engage older adults and meet the criteria of CSIs remain an open challenge. To address this challenge, we developed CogWorldTravel, a serious game for the cognitive screening of older adults. In this paper, we describe the results of the evaluation of CogWorldTravel, which consisted of conducting semi-structured interviews with five experts in dementia assessment. Results suggest that the game involves recognition memory, attention, working memory, language, immediate memory span, processing speed, inhibition, recognition of emotions, visuoconstructional, perceptual-motor, and planning abilities.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
dc.relation.ispartof	SeGAH 2022 - 2022 IEEE 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health
dc.relation.ispartof	2022 IEEE 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health(SeGAH)
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dc.title	Evaluation of CogWorldTravel: A Serious Game for Cognitive Screening
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - INEXT - Innovation in IT Services and Applications
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT)
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Abstract:

As the world population is growing older, there is an urge to develop new technologies to support older adults, who are at a greater risk for the onset of dementia. Cognitive Screening Instruments (CSIs) can be used to screen for dementia. While there are a significant number of available well-researched and accepted CSIs, they are associated with drawbacks. Serious games have been investigated as an alternative instrument to overcome the constraints of traditional methods. The use of serious games for cognitive screening is still a relatively new field of research, with previous works mostly focusing on finding out whether there is a correlation or not between games and cognitive performance. Serious games that engage older adults and meet the criteria of CSIs remain an open challenge. To address this challenge, we developed CogWorldTravel, a serious game for the cognitive screening of older adults. In this paper, we describe the results of the evaluation of CogWorldTravel, which consisted of conducting semi-structured interviews with five experts in dementia assessment. Results suggest that the game involves recognition memory, attention, working memory, language, immediate memory span, processing speed, inhibition, recognition of emotions, visuoconstructional, perceptual-motor, and planning abilities.

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