Assessment of Social Behavior Using a Passive Monitoring App in Cognitively Normal and Cognitively Impaired Older Adults: Observational Study.
Marijn MuurlingLianne Maria ReusCasper de BoerSterre C WesselsRaj R JagesarJacob A S VorstmanMartien J H KasPieter Jelle VisserPublished in: JMIR aging (2022)
CI individuals show reduced social activity, especially those activities that are related to repeated and unique behavior, as measured by the smartphone app Behapp. Neuropsychiatric symptoms seemed only marginally associated with social behavior as measured with Behapp. This research shows that the Behapp app is able to objectively and passively measure altered social behavior in a cognitively impaired population.