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Using a digital tool to detect early changes in everyday functioning in older adults: A pilot study of the Assessment of Smartphone Everyday Tasks (ASSET)
Dubbelman MA, Hall TC, Levesque IM, Mimmack KJ, Sikkes SAM, Fischer SH, Rentz DM, Sperling RA et al.. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2023-10-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Introduction To investigate the utility of a new digital tool for measuring everyday functioning in preclinical Alzheimer's disease, we piloted the Assessment of Smartphone Everyday Tasks (ASSET) application. Methods Forty-six participants (50.3 ± 27.1 years; 67% female; 20 young unimpaired, 17 old unimpaired, 9 mildly cognitively impaired) completed ASSET 7 times. ASSET comprises two main tasks, simulating a Patient Portal and a Calendar. We assessed ASSET's internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and user experience. Results ASSET main tasks correlated with each other ( r = 0.75, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.58, 0.86]). Performance on ASSET's Patient Portal related to cognition ( r = 0.64, 95% CI = [0.42, 0.79]) and observer ratings of everyday functioning ( r = 0.57, 95% CI = [0.24, 0.79]). Test-retest reliability was good (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.87, 95% CI = [0.77, 0.93]). Most participants rated their experience with ASSET neutrally or positively. Discussion ASSET is a promising smartphone-based digital assessment of everyday functioning. Future studies may investigate its utility for early diagnosis and evaluation of treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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Dubbelman, M. A., Hall, T. C., Levesque, I. M., Mimmack, K. J., Sikkes, S. A. M., Fischer, S. H., et al. (2023). Using a digital tool to detect early changes in everyday functioning in older adults: A pilot study of the Assessment of Smartphone Everyday Tasks (ASSET). Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands). https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12506
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Dubbelman MA, Hall TC, Levesque IM, Mimmack KJ, Sikkes SAM, Fischer SH, et al. Using a digital tool to detect early changes in everyday functioning in older adults: A pilot study of the Assessment of Smartphone Everyday Tasks (ASSET). Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2023. doi:10.1002/dad2.12506. PMID: 38111596.
BibTeX
@article{dubbelman2023-38111596,
author = {Dubbelman, M. A. and Hall, T. C. and Levesque, I. M. and Mimmack, K. J. and Sikkes, S. A. M. and Fischer, S. H. and Rentz, D. M. and Sperling, R. A. and others},
title = {{Using a digital tool to detect early changes in everyday functioning in older adults: A pilot study of the Assessment of Smartphone Everyday Tasks (ASSET)}},
journal = {Alzheimer's \& dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1002/dad2.12506},
pmid = {38111596},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12506}
}
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- Results ASSET main tasks correlated with each other ( r = 0.75, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.58, 0.86]).
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| Journal tier | 9 / 10 | Tier 2 — leading specialty journal (Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)) |
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| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2023 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 38111596) |
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| Points | 27 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 47 out of 100. |
| Total | 47 / 100 | — |
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