Alz Memory – a mobile app to stimulate memory of Alzheimer’s disease patients

Authors

  • Julie Caron Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Geociências. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.
  • Daiana Biduski Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Geociências. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.
  • Ana Carolina Bertoletti De Marchi Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada, Programa de Pós Graduação em Envelhecimento Humano. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v9i2.964

Keywords:

Health of the elderly, Health services for the aged, Alzheimer’s disease, Videogames, Computer game, Memory disorders, Biomedical technology

Abstract

The Alzheimer’s disease is a dementia characterized by cognitive decline, whose main characteristic is memory decline in the first stage of it. It is known that Alzheimer’s does not have a cure, but there are treatments as the memory training to retard the advance of memory loss. This article aims to present the Alz Memory, a game developed for Alzheimer’s patients to memory training in order to minimize the effects of the disease on the memory. To develop the application were used: HTML5 language, style sheet language in CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery library and PhoneGap framework. The results of the preliminary evaluation of usability have identified aspects as the ease of use, size of letters and images, application functionality, navigation, user control, colors and motivation for the use of other technologies which were considered important to the development of the game are good.

Author Biographies

Julie Caron, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Geociências. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.

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Daiana Biduski, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Geociências. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.

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Ana Carolina Bertoletti De Marchi, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada, Programa de Pós Graduação em Envelhecimento Humano. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Caron, J., Biduski, D., & Bertoletti De Marchi, A. C. (2015). Alz Memory – a mobile app to stimulate memory of Alzheimer’s disease patients. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v9i2.964

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Original articles

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