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Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia
Objectives: Two pilot studies aimed to determine the effects of individual computer engagement on behavioral health outcomes in individuals with dementia. The focus was on participants’ mental health, challenging behaviors, antipsychotic medications, and professional caregiver stress. Methods: Two p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721421992996 |
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author | Sautter, Scott W. Ord, Anna S. Azher, Aisha Chidester, Amy Aravich, Paul F. |
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description | Objectives: Two pilot studies aimed to determine the effects of individual computer engagement on behavioral health outcomes in individuals with dementia. The focus was on participants’ mental health, challenging behaviors, antipsychotic medications, and professional caregiver stress. Methods: Two pilot randomized control trials were conducted. First trial involved residents with advanced dementia in a long-term care facility. The second trial involved residents with mild dementia in an assisted living setting. The participants in the experimental group in both studies were provided with guided iN2L computer engagement followed by unrestricted use. Results: Statistically reliable improvements were found in both studies for participants’ emotional well-being and professional caregiver stress. Reliable improvements in cognition and depression were found in the mild dementia study, but not in the advanced dementia study. No statistically reliable changes were observed for antipsychotic medications or challenging behaviors. Discussion: Computer engagement was associated with improvements in participants’ emotional well-being and with a reduction in professional caregiver stress. Results should be interpreted with caution in the context of high attrition. Future studies may build upon these pilot findings and examine effects of technology use on mood and cognition in larger samples of older adults across a wider range of outcome measures. |
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spelling | pubmed-78684652021-02-16 Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia Sautter, Scott W. Ord, Anna S. Azher, Aisha Chidester, Amy Aravich, Paul F. Gerontol Geriatr Med The COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Older Adults, Families, Caregivers, Health Care Providers and Communities Objectives: Two pilot studies aimed to determine the effects of individual computer engagement on behavioral health outcomes in individuals with dementia. The focus was on participants’ mental health, challenging behaviors, antipsychotic medications, and professional caregiver stress. Methods: Two pilot randomized control trials were conducted. First trial involved residents with advanced dementia in a long-term care facility. The second trial involved residents with mild dementia in an assisted living setting. The participants in the experimental group in both studies were provided with guided iN2L computer engagement followed by unrestricted use. Results: Statistically reliable improvements were found in both studies for participants’ emotional well-being and professional caregiver stress. Reliable improvements in cognition and depression were found in the mild dementia study, but not in the advanced dementia study. No statistically reliable changes were observed for antipsychotic medications or challenging behaviors. Discussion: Computer engagement was associated with improvements in participants’ emotional well-being and with a reduction in professional caregiver stress. Results should be interpreted with caution in the context of high attrition. Future studies may build upon these pilot findings and examine effects of technology use on mood and cognition in larger samples of older adults across a wider range of outcome measures. SAGE Publications 2021-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7868465/ /pubmed/33614832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721421992996 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | The COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Older Adults, Families, Caregivers, Health Care Providers and Communities Sautter, Scott W. Ord, Anna S. Azher, Aisha Chidester, Amy Aravich, Paul F. Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia |
title | Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia |
title_full | Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia |
title_fullStr | Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia |
title_full_unstemmed | Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia |
title_short | Benefits of Computer Engagement in Older Adults with Dementia |
title_sort | benefits of computer engagement in older adults with dementia |
topic | The COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Older Adults, Families, Caregivers, Health Care Providers and Communities |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721421992996 |
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