Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Nov 29;57(12):1310. doi: 10.3390/medicina57121310.
Community-dwelling older adults have raised the scientific community's interest during the COVID-19 era as their chronic conditions might be aggravated by the consequences of confinement. Digital devices in this field to monitor cognitive impairment are an emerging reality of an innovative nature. However, some groups may not have benefited from these developments as much as, for example, younger people. The aim of this manuscript is to carry out a review on the development of digital devices, and specifically virtual assistants, for the detection of cognitive impairment in older adults. After a screening process, eight studies were found under the given criteria, and this number was even smaller for those using virtual assistants. Given the opportunities offered by virtual assistants through techniques such as natural language processing, it seems imperative to take advantage of this opportunity for groups such as older adults.
社区居住的老年人在 COVID-19 时代引起了科学界的兴趣，因为他们的慢性疾病可能会因禁闭的后果而加重。在这个领域中，用于监测认知障碍的数字设备是一种具有创新性的新兴现实。然而，一些群体可能没有像年轻人那样受益于这些发展。本文的目的是对数字设备的发展进行综述，特别是用于检测老年人认知障碍的虚拟助手。经过筛选过程，根据给定标准发现了八项研究，而使用虚拟助手的研究则更少。鉴于虚拟助手通过自然语言处理等技术提供的机会，对于老年人等群体来说，似乎必须利用这一机会。
