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11775034

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
People with memory loss resulting from brain injury benefit from purpose-designed memory aids such as appointment diaries on pocket computers. The present study explores the effects of extending the range of memory aids and including games. For 2 months, 12 people who had sustained brain injury were loaned a pocket computer containing three purpose-designed memory aids: diary, notebook and to-do list. A month later they were given another computer with the same memory aids but a different method of text entry (physical keyboard or touch-screen keyboard). Machine order was counterbalanced across participants. Assessment was by interviews during the loan periods, rating scales, performance tests and computer log files. All participants could use the memory aids and ten people (83%) found them very useful. Correlations among the three memory aids were not significant, suggesting individual variation in how they were used. Games did not increase use of the memory aids, nor did loan of the preferred pocket computer (with physical keyboard). Significantly more diary entries were made by people who had previously used other memory aids, suggesting that a better understanding of how to use a range of memory aids could benefit some people with brain injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0342-5282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-308
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhancing an appointment diary on a pocket computer for use by people after brain injury.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK. WrightP1@cardiff.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't