Publications and Scholarship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Keywords
older adults, Sheridan Elder Research Centre
Abstract
This report describes a digital video-audio behavioural observation methodology for use in a naturalistic setting to evaluate communication rehabilitation interventions for older adults with dementia. Behavioural observation via recorded video-audio offers a number of advantages over other data collection methodologies, which can be subject to a number of biases and limitations, some of which are discussed. In this study, high quality digital audio-video recordings were collected on participants attending a respite care day program. Recording equipment was inconspicuously placed, and measurement occurred either during normal day-to-day activities or during more directed activities (e.g., playing bingo). The recordings can be used to document the occurrence of behaviours and paired behaviours of interest over extended periods of time or selected samples of interest can be downloaded for detailed analysis including lag-sequential analyses. It was found that behavioural observation can complement traditional objective measures of impairment and subjective questionnaire measures, in accordance with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (2001).
Faculty
Research Centres
School
Sheridan Elder Research Centre (SERC)
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Original Publication Citation
Singh, G., Pichora-Fuller, K., Rochon, E., Orange, J., & Spadafora, P. (2005). Observational outcome measures to evaluate assistive technology use by people with dementia. [Report]. Oakville: Sheridan Elder Research Centre (SERC).
SOURCE Citation
Singh, Gurgit; Pichora-Fuller, Kathy; Rochon, Elizabeth; Orange, JB; and Spadafora, Pat, "Observational Outcome Measures to Evaluate Assistive Technology Use by People with Dementia - Report Series # 12" (2005). Publications and Scholarship. 13.
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