A Board Game Performance Index – a disruptive innovation to assess people with dementia with different apathy levels

Rosa, Marlene; Lopes, Susana; Martins, Natália; Lacomba-Arnau, Elena

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Traditional observation scales could be subjective and less sensitive to behavioural changes in people with dementia with different levels of apathy. This pilot study aims to explore if there is a difference in a comprehensive game index between people with dementia with different levels of apathy. Patients with dementia were recruited and thirteen were selected for this study. Sociodemographic data, apathy levels (APADEM) and a game performance index were collected. Patients were divided into two groups according to the percentile 50 in APADEM and the game performance index was compared. Results demonstrated that patients with different levels of apathy have significant differences in the Board Game Performance Index. Future studies should explore other dimensions in a comprehensive game index and strengthen the methodology with a more representative sample of people with dementia.

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Acknowledgement: This work has been made possible through the financial support of two key scholarships. First, the FI scholarship program of the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya provided under the code “2023 FI-3 00107”. Additionally, this research was supported by the doctoralresearch scholarship program of the Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal, with funding granted under the reference “2023.02549.BDANA.“

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Game Assessment Dementia Apathy Older people

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M. Rosa, S. Lopes, N. Martins and E. Lacomba-Arnau, "A Board Game Performance Index – a disruptive innovation to assess people with dementia with different apathy levels," 2024 IEEE 12th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), Funchal, Portugal, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SeGAH61285.2024.10639583.