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Usability Evaluation of Personalized Digital Memory Book for Alzheimer’s Patient (my-MOBAL)

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The rising population of older adult has contributed to the increasing number of elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Abundant new exciting applications have been developed to assist people with Alzheimer’s to support a better quality of life. The design of software product for older people should be carefully carried out as it could reduce the gap between computer technology and older people. Efficient and effective user design needs to be considered when developing an application for the elderly with memory and cognitive impairments. This paper presents a report on the usability evaluation of a personalized digital memory book application (my-MOBAL) for people with Alzheimer’s disease. It is developed for a 74 years old woman who is diagnosed with mild AD. The application was evaluated on its usability and functionality using seven (7) experts in Gerontology and HCI with more than ten (10) years experience in their fields. The results show that the application is user friendly, simple and easy to navigate. It was also suggested that the application would be a suitable tool to assist people with AD to use in their non-pharmacological therapy session.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia, 40450, Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Anis Hasliza Abu Hashim-de Vries, Marina Ismail & Azlinah Mohamed

  2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ponnusamy Subramaniam

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  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

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Abu Hashim-de Vries, A.H., Ismail, M., Mohamed, A., Subramaniam, P. (2020). Usability Evaluation of Personalized Digital Memory Book for Alzheimer’s Patient (my-MOBAL). In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S., Orovic, I., Moreira, F. (eds) Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1160. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45691-7_66

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