O uso de tecnologia no treino cognitivo em idosos saudáveis

Abstract

Introduction: Cognitive training in the elderly provides opportunities for improving and / or maintaining cognitive abilities. Technology combined with cognitive stimulation in the elderly may influence healthy aging. Training protocols and educational materials are accessible tools for cognitive rehabilitation. Objectives: The present study is divided into three empirical studies. The studies unfolded in five articles and a technical production. The first article aimed to describe the digital adaptation process of a cognitive training in pencil and paper for the elderly for a mobile application; the second article aimed to present an initial study of evidence of content validity of the prototype of the Cognitive Training for the Elderly application (TreCog-I); in the third article the main objective was to verify the results of a pilot of an online cognitive training in the levels of self-efficacy, self-esteem, symptoms of depression and anxiety and cognitive functioning of elderly people in social distance; in article four, the objective was to describe the use of the Google Classroom platform for cognitive training in elderly people in social distance; the last article aims to describe the process of building and validating a primer on technology for the elderly. Methods: In the articles there was the Calculation of the Content Validity Index (ICV) of the training in the form of an application, online training, booklet, as well as the production of word clouds and content analysis. Results: The first study described the construction of training in an application. The second pointed out the validity indexes among the judges in which the training obtained a CVI close to 1.00, thus, regarding the level of agreement was high. In article three, there were no differences between anxious, depressive, self-esteem and self-efficacy symptoms in the evaluation times. In the fourth article, the categories affection, learning, difficulties and technology emerged in the considerations of the elderly regarding the use of Google Class. The last article ensured that the booklet was considered adequate to equip the elderly to use the technologies. Conclusion: The three studies made it possible to infer that technologies are tools for elderly assistants in cognitive training (in the application or in the use of an online platform). Thus, the products of the thesis point out that different types of cognitive training showed a degree of agreement between expert evaluators and the target audience. It is suggested that further studies can be carried out to verify other evidence of training validity as well as to follow the participants in a longitudinal way.