2011 journal article

Watching What You Say: Walking and Conversing in Dementia Preliminary Studies

TOPICS IN GERIATRIC REHABILITATION, 27(4), 268–277.

By: B. Davis, M. Maclagan, T. Karakostas, S. Hsiang* & D. Shenk

author keywords: communication; dementia; dual task; gait; talking en route; question types
TL;DR: 3 pilot studies of cognitively impaired (CI) persons responding to different types of questions, including a dual task, walking while answering an unexpected question and a subset of 6 time-distance parameters distinguished gait of the 2 participant groups. (via Semantic Scholar)
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This article reports 3 pilot studies of cognitively impaired (CI) persons responding to different types of questions. Pilot 1 analyzed responses of 7 people at high CI risk and 7 people at low CI risk to questions asked during seated conversation. High-risk participants paused longer before responding. Pilot 2 identifi ed types of questions asked from 1 participant in seated conversations with 2 interviewers and analyzed her responses. Pilot 3 introduced a dual task, walking while answering an unexpected question. The CI participants paused longer before responding than controls. A subset of 6 time-distance parameters distinguished gait of the 2 participant groups.