| Literature DB >> 30008689 |
Camila R Oliveira1, Brandel J P Lopes Filho2, Cristiane S Esteves2, Tainá Rossi1, Daniela S Nunes1, Margarida M B M P Lima3, Tatiana Q Irigaray4, Irani I L Argimon2,4.
Abstract
The development of neuropsychological assessment methods using virtual reality (VR) is a valid and promising option for the detection of cognitive impairment in the older people, focusing on activities composed of tasks of multiple demands. This study verified the association of age, schooling, and general cognitive status on the performance of neurologically healthy older adults in ECO-VR, a VR task of multiple demands for neuropsychological assessment. A total of 111 older adults answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Mini Mental State Examination, the Vocabulary subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults (third edition), and the ECO-VR. Correlation analyses, multiple linear regression, and comparisons between groups (effects by age and schooling groups) were used to evaluate the results. The ECO-VR total score was significantly associated with age, years of education, MMSE, and Vocabulary subtest. The linear regression models identified that age was the main predictor for total score and rule breaking of ECO-VR. According to the univariate analysis, it was identified the main effect of age group and schooling group in the total ECO-VR score, but there was no interaction effect. The results are discussed in order to understand the role of sociodemographic characteristics in the performance of older adults in a VR task of multiple demands. It was also verified the possibility use of VR for neuropsychological assessment of older adults.Entities:
Keywords: aging; cognition; executive functions; schooling; virtual reality
Year: 2018 PMID: 30008689 PMCID: PMC6034167 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01085
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Psychol ISSN: 1664-1078
Sociodemographic, clinical and cognitive characteristics of participants.
| Range | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 68.79 | 6.11 | 60 – 85 |
| Schooling (years) | 13.04 | 4.62 | 2 – 25 |
| MMSE (maximum 30) | 27.56 | 2.01 | 23 – 30 |
| Vocabulary – WAIS-III (maximum 66) | 35.85 | 8.33 | 14 – 54 |
| GDS-15 (maximum 15) | 2.14 | 1.76 | 0 – 5 |
Pearson’s correlation between ECO-VR scores, age, schooling and cognitive status.
| ECO-VR | ||||
| Total | Rule breaking | Strategies | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | -0.526*** | 0.275** | -0.075 | 0.128 |
| Schooling (years) | 0.363*** | 0.005 | 0.073 | -0.091 |
| MMSE | ||||
| Time orientation | 0.095 | -0.115 | 0.012 | -0.001 |
| Space orientation | 0.290** | 0.068 | -0.077 | -0.008 |
| Immediate Memory | 0.193* | 0.032 | -0.007 | 0.084 |
| Attention/Concentration | 0.036 | -0.152 | -0.065 | -0.026 |
| Delayed recall | 0.239* | -0.179 | -0.065 | -0.166 |
| Language | 0.422*** | -0.024 | 0.024 | 0.030 |
| Total | 0.276** | -0.216* | -0.078 | -0.082 |
| Vocabulary – WAIS-III | 0.250** | -0.228** | 0.224** | 0.033 |
Linear regression models for total scores, ECO-VR Rule breaking and Strategies
| Models | CI of 95% | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ||||||||
| Constant | 34.149 ± 4.304 | 7.935 | 25.617 – 42.681 | |||||
| Age (years) | -0.349 ± 0.057 | -0.483 | -6.126 | -0.462 – -0.236 | 0.366 | 0.348 | 20.547 | ≤0.001 |
| Vocabulary – WAIS-III (score) | 0.122 ± 0.048 | 0.210 | 2.564 | 0.028 – 0.216 | 0.012 | |||
| Schooling (years) | 0.182 ± 0.079 | 0.191 | 2.289 | 0.024 – 0.339 | 0.024 | |||
| Rule breaking | ||||||||
| Constant | -0.998 ± 3.308 | -0.302 | -7.556 – 5.560 | |||||
| Schooling (years) | 0.138 ± 0.045 | 0.277 | 3.082 | 0.049 – 0.227 | 0.129 | 0.112 | 7.971 | 0.003 |
| Vocabulary – WAIS-III (score) | -0.097 ± 0.036 | -0.241 | -2.676 | -0.168 – -0.025 | 0.009 | |||
| Strategies | ||||||||
| Constant | 4.901 ± 1.231 | 3.980 | 2.460 – 7.341 | |||||
| Vocabulary – WAIS-III (score) | 0.080 ± 0.033 | 0.224 | 2.403 | 0.014 – 0.146 | 0.050 | 0.042 | 5.773 | 0.018 |
Comparison of performance in ECO-VR scores between age groups and levels of schooling.
| Groups by Age | Groups by Schooling | ||||||||||
| 60–69 ( | 70–85 ( | ≤12 ( | ≥13 ( | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 64.54 ± 2.76 | 74.80 ± 4.16 | 6.840 | ≤0.001 | – | 70.25 ± 6.64 | 67.47 ± 5.30 | 2.731 | 0.016 | – | |
| Schooling (years) | 13.37 ± 4.28 | 12.57 ± 5.08 | 3.161 | 0.369 | – | 9.13 ± 2.76 | 16.60 ± 2.68 | 0.015 | ≤0.001 | – | |
| MMSE | 27.66 ± 1.81 | 27.41 ± 2.27 | 3.707 | 0.523 | – | 27.19 ± 2.18 | 27.90 ± 1.78 | 3.271 | 0.063 | – | |
| Vocabulary | 35.88 ± 7.65 | 36.50 ± 8.24 | 0.427 | 0.696 | – | 34.04 ± 7.42 | 38.13 ± 7.88 | 0.106 | 0.008 | – | |
| ECO-VR | |||||||||||
| Total | 18.44 ± 3.66 | 14.84 ± 4.91 | 3.224 | ≤0.001 | -0.830 | 15.72 ± 5.06 | 18.02 ± 3.81 | 5.328 | 0.011 | –0.510 | |
| Rule breaking | 4.37 ± 2.95 | 5.91 ± 3.27 | 0.601 | 0.014 | -0.500 | 5.42 ± 3.00 | 4.66 ± 3.30 | 0.807 | 0.225 | –0.240 | |
| Strategies | 8.02 ± 2.37 | 7.50 ± 3.33 | 5.821 | 0.383 | -0.180 | 7.48 ± 2.65 | 8.09 ± 2.96 | 0.000 | 0.271 | –0.220 | |
| Time | 664.03 ± 255.24 | 707.09 ± 220.83 | 0.117 | 0.372 | -0.180 | 688.97 ± 297.56 | 676.25 ± 174.29 | 3.670 | 0.790 | –0.050 | |