Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia
Age is typically affiliated with the decline of cognitive function and the probability to be diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease, namely dementia. Of all dementia-related deficits, the paper highlights on the decline of wayfinding ability, since it is interrelated with mobility, autonomy, careg...
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| author | Che Me, Rosalam Ahmad, Faisul Arif Sulaiman, Ruhaizin Kamarudin, Khairul Manami Alli, Hassan Saion, Indastri |
| author_facet | Che Me, Rosalam Ahmad, Faisul Arif Sulaiman, Ruhaizin Kamarudin, Khairul Manami Alli, Hassan Saion, Indastri |
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| description | Age is typically affiliated with the decline of cognitive function and the probability to be diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease, namely dementia. Of all dementia-related deficits, the paper highlights on the decline of wayfinding ability, since it is interrelated with mobility, autonomy, caregiving burden and eventually institutionalization. The sense of directions in elderly is also affected by the sensory changes, while the most obvious sensory declines are both vision and hearing. Hence navigation systems that support mainly on visual and auditory may not be the best option for them. A concept of wearable navigational assistance that is non-intrusive and uses haptic stimuli instead of visual and/or audio signals is presented in this paper. A Usability Test (UT) was performed towards the elderly with dementia at a selected nursing home to investigate how they perceive haptic-feedback as a modality of navigation. The assessments involved three phases: (1) orientation or training, (2) navigation test and (3) further navigation test. Results indicate the potential efficacy of haptic modality as a navigation signal. Improvement on subjects’ navigational performance was shown especially during the further navigation test, signifying the familiarization of the intervention. Employing the haptic modality could be a beneficial substitute for navigational purpose when vision and audio are less appropriate. Nevertheless, as much as the encouraging outcomes from the results and analysis of the assessments are valuable, the constructive reviews attained are indeed important for the future development of the device system. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-869162021-12-30T03:17:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86916/ Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia Che Me, Rosalam Ahmad, Faisul Arif Sulaiman, Ruhaizin Kamarudin, Khairul Manami Alli, Hassan Saion, Indastri Age is typically affiliated with the decline of cognitive function and the probability to be diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease, namely dementia. Of all dementia-related deficits, the paper highlights on the decline of wayfinding ability, since it is interrelated with mobility, autonomy, caregiving burden and eventually institutionalization. The sense of directions in elderly is also affected by the sensory changes, while the most obvious sensory declines are both vision and hearing. Hence navigation systems that support mainly on visual and auditory may not be the best option for them. A concept of wearable navigational assistance that is non-intrusive and uses haptic stimuli instead of visual and/or audio signals is presented in this paper. A Usability Test (UT) was performed towards the elderly with dementia at a selected nursing home to investigate how they perceive haptic-feedback as a modality of navigation. The assessments involved three phases: (1) orientation or training, (2) navigation test and (3) further navigation test. Results indicate the potential efficacy of haptic modality as a navigation signal. Improvement on subjects’ navigational performance was shown especially during the further navigation test, signifying the familiarization of the intervention. Employing the haptic modality could be a beneficial substitute for navigational purpose when vision and audio are less appropriate. Nevertheless, as much as the encouraging outcomes from the results and analysis of the assessments are valuable, the constructive reviews attained are indeed important for the future development of the device system. Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association 2020-08-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86916/1/Non-intrusive.pdf Che Me, Rosalam and Ahmad, Faisul Arif and Sulaiman, Ruhaizin and Kamarudin, Khairul Manami and Alli, Hassan and Saion, Indastri (2020) Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 20 (spec. 1). 128 - 137. ISSN 1675-0306; ESSN: 2590-3829 https://mjphm.org/index.php/mjphm/article/view/699 10.37268/mjphm/vol.20/no.Special1/art.699 |
| spellingShingle | Che Me, Rosalam Ahmad, Faisul Arif Sulaiman, Ruhaizin Kamarudin, Khairul Manami Alli, Hassan Saion, Indastri Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| title | Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| title_full | Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| title_fullStr | Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| title_short | Non-intrusive, visual-less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| title_sort | non intrusive visual less wearable haptic stimuli navigational assistance for elderly with dementia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86916/1/Non-intrusive.pdf |
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