Digital Support for People With Cognitive Impairment

Digital Support for People With Cognitive Impairment - an Intervention to Increase Occupational Performance and the Possibility to Live a More Independent Life

Cognitive impairment may cause problems in planning and initiating daily activities, as well as remembering to do what is scheduled. This study investigates the effectiveness of an interactive web-based mobile reminder calendar, (RemindMe). The calendar sends text messages to the user's mobile phone as support in everyday life, for persons with cognitive impairment due to neurological injury/diagnoses. The study has a randomized controlled trial design with data collection at baseline and at follow-up sessions after two and four months. Data collection started in October 2016 and continued until February 2018. RemindMe may give the needed support to remind the person and thus increase the ability to perform activities and to become independent in everyday life.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants with cognitive impairment after stroke or other neurological diseases/injury
• Participants experiencing the need for support in planning, organizing and remembering to do activities in everyday life
• Participants having access to a computer and mobile phone/smartphone
• Participants having linguistic ability to participate in assessments

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with palliative care needs
• Participants with reduced vision and/or hearing loss that affects the ability to use a mobile phone/smartphone
• Participants with depression or psychiatric illness