Group Digital Gaming: Experiences of Older Adults Living With Dementia in an Activity for Cognitive Impairment

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA):

时间窗: Before the intervention (baseline), at the end of week 10, and at the end of the intervention (after 20 weeks of the study).

Montreal Cognitive Assessment contains 30 items and takes approximately 10 minutes to administer assessing multiple cognitive domains such as short-term memory, visuospatial abilities, and abstraction. The minimum total score is 0 and the maximum tota score is 30. The higher scores are associated with better cognitive function, and a score of 26 and higher is considered normal.

Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q)

时间窗: Before the intervention (baseline), at the end of week 10, and at the end of the intervention (after 20 weeks of the study).

Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire is an informant-based instrument that assesses the possible presence of 12 neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia, including delusions, hallucinations, agitation/aggression, dysphoria/depression, anxiety, euphoria/elation, apathy/indifference, disinhibition, irritability/lability, aberrant motor behaviors, night-time behavioral disturbances and appetite/eating disturbances. It asks the presence each symptom and its severity with a 3-point scale. The minimum total score is 0, and the maximum total score is 36. Higher scores indicate more severe neuropsychiatric symptoms and/or greater caregiver distress. It is shown to be a reliable and valid instrument. Most informants will be able to complete this instrument in less than five minutes.