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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness
Published on: August 1, 2017
Computerized assessment of communication for cognitive stimulation for people with cognitive decline using
Tuan D Pham1, Mayumi Oyama-Higa2, Cong-Thang Truong3
1Aizu Research Cluster for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Center for Advanced Information Science and Technology, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan.
Abstract:
Therapeutic communication and interpersonal relationships in care homes can help people to improve their mental wellbeing. Assessment of the efficacy of these dynamic and complex processes are necessary for psychosocial planning and management. This paper presents a pilot application of photoplethysmography in synchronized physiological measurements of communications between the care-giver and people with dementia. Signal-based evaluations of the therapy can be carried out using the measures of spectral distortion and the inference of phylogenetic trees. The proposed computational models can be of assistance and cost-effectiveness in caring for and monitoring people with cognitive decline.
