Computer-Related Anxiety: Examining the Impact of Technology-Specific Affect on the Performance of a Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment Measure

Browndyke, Jeffrey N.; Albert, Ashlie L.; Malone, W. James; Schatz, Philip; Paul, Robert; Cohen, Ronald A.; Tucker, Karen A.; Gouvier, William Drew

doi:10.1207/s15324826an0904_3

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“…41 Our study clearly demonstrates the feasibility of this approach; however, an important obstacle for use in older persons is unfamiliarity with the technologywhat has been termed computer-related anxiety. 42 Therefore, we chose to use a touch screen and stylus to replicate as closely as possible the natural experience of drawing on paper mazes. Nevertheless, 11 dementia subjects still found the mazes too difficult to complete in the allowed time.…”

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Computerized Maze Navigation and On-Road Performance by Drivers With Dementia

Ott

Festa

Amick

et al. 2008

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol

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This study examined the ability of computerized maze test performance to predict the road test performance of cognitively impaired and normal older drivers. The authors examined 133 older drivers, including 65 with probable Alzheimer disease, 23 with possible Alzheimer disease, and 45 control subjects without cognitive impairment. Subjects completed 5 computerized maze tasks employing a touch screen and pointer as well as a battery of standard neuropsychological tests. Parameters measured for mazes included errors, planning time, drawing time, and total time. Within 2 weeks, subjects were examined by a professional driving instructor on a standardized road test modeled after the Washington University Road Test. Road test total score was significantly correlated with total time across the 5 mazes. This maze score was significant for both Alzheimer disease subjects and control subjects. One maze in particular, requiring less than 2 minutes to complete, was highly correlated with driving performance. For the standard neuropsychological tests, highest correlations were seen with Trail Making A (TrailsA) and the Hopkins Verbal Learning Tests Trial 1 (HVLT1). Multiple regression models for road test score using stepwise subtraction of maze and neuropsychological test variables revealed significant independent contributions for total maze time, HVLT1, and TrailsA for the entire group; total maze time and HVLT1 for Alzheimer disease subjects; and TrailsA for normal subjects. As a visual analog of driving, a brief computerized test of maze navigation time compares well to standard neuropsychological tests of psychomotor speed, scanning, attention, and working memory as a predictor of driving performance by persons with early Alzheimer disease and normal elders. Measurement of maze task performance appears to be useful in the assessment of older drivers at risk for hazardous driving.

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Computerized Maze Navigation and On-Road Performance by Drivers With Dementia

Ott

Festa

Amick

et al. 2008

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol

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“…However, as underlined by Chan et al (2008), this advanced technology should be carefully implemented in clinical setting, in particular with regard to those patients who are not familiar with computerized tests or who are anxious in undertaking a computerized test or in being tested in a semi-enclosed environment (Browndyke et al, 2002;Wiechmann & Ryan, 2003). Rand, Rukan, Weiss, and Katz (2009) have developed a first version of the Virtual Multiple Errands Test (VMET) as an assessment tool for executive functions, within the virtual mall (Rand, Katz, Shahar, Kizony, & Weiss, 2005), a functional virtual environment currently consisting of a large supermarket which was programmed via GestureTek's IREX video capture virtual reality system.…”

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Validating the Neuro VR-Based Virtual Version of the Multiple Errands Test: Preliminary Results

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Pallavicini

Carelli

et al. 2012

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

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The purpose of this study was to establish ecological validity and initial construct validity of the virtual reality version of the Multiple Errands Test based on NeuroVR software as an assessment tool for executive functions. In particular, the Multiple Errands Test is an assessment of executive functions in daily life which consists of tasks that abide by certain rules and is performed in a shopping mall-like setting where there are items to be bought and information to be obtained. The study population included three groups: post-stroke participants (n ¼ 9), healthy young participants (n ¼ 10), and healthy older participants (n ¼ 10). The general purpose of the study was investigated through the following specific objectives: (1) to examine the relationships between the performance of three groups of participants in the Virtual Multiple Errands Test (VMET) and in the traditional neuropsychological tests employed to assess executive functions; and (2) to compare the performance of post-stroke participants to those of healthy young and older controls in the Virtual Multiple Errands Test and in the traditional neuropsychological tests employed to assess executive functions. Correlations between Virtual Multiple Errands Test variables and some traditional executive functions measures provide preliminary support for the ecological and construct validity of the VMET; further performance obtained at the Virtual Multiple Errands Test provided a distinction between the clinical and healthy population, and between the two age control groups. These results suggest a possible future application of such an ecological approach for cognitive assessment and rehabilitation of stroke patients and elderly population with age-related cognitive decline.

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“…As many clinical assessments become computerised, computer anxiety can impact upon the performance of the participant on the measure (Browndyke, Albert, Malone, et al, 2002). This is significant as validation of computerised versions of traditional assessments are unlikely to involve technophobics in validation studies.…”

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confidence: 99%