Table 1. Participant Characteristics and Game Metrics between the Normal and Cognitive Impairment Groups.

From: A Gamified N-back App for Identifying Mild-cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Total (n = 138) Normal (n = 72) Cognitive impairment (n = 66) P-value
Participant characteristics Age (year) 75.8 ± 10.8 71.3 ± 11.5 80.7 ± 7.6 <0.001
Male 43 (31%) 15 (21%) 28 (42%) 0.009
MMSE 26.3 ± 4.0 29.2 ± 1.2 23.2 ± 3.62 <0.001
Game metrics Level reached 4.74 ± 1.13 5.18 ± 1.14 4.32 ± 1.00 <0.001
Accuracy (%) 68.5 ± 11.7 72.1 ± 10.7 65.1 ± 11.9 <0.001
Response time (s) 6.25 ± 4.04 4.60 ± 1.78 8.21 ± 4.56 <0.001
Tap time (s) 3.51 ± 2.21 3.21 ± 1.33 4.81 ± 2.22 <0.001
Swipe time (s) 3.85 ± 1.90 2.53 ± 1.11 4.94 ± 3.29 <0.001
Table 2. Correlations with MMSE.

From: A Gamified N-back App for Identifying Mild-cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Correlation coefficient P-value
Level reached 0.420 <0.001
Accuracy (%) 0.419 <0.001
Response time (sec) −0.575 <0.001
Tap time (sec) −0.484 <0.001
Swipe time (sec) −0.667 <0.001
Table 3. Predicting Cognitive Impairment.

From: A Gamified N-back App for Identifying Mild-cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Independent variable OR P-value 95% CI VIF
Age 1.09 0.006 1.02-1.15 1.32
Sex 3.92 0.008 1.41-10.9 1.19
Tap time 1.25 0.22 0.88-1.78 1.28
Swipe time 1.58 0.02 1.07-2.32 1.37
Level reached 2.36
Accuracy 2.37
Response time 2.14
Table 4. Screening Performance.

From: A Gamified N-back App for Identifying Mild-cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Inspection Method Sensitivity Specificity Time Examiner
HDS-R Paper 93% 86% 10 min Health care workers
MMSE Paper 45%-60% 65-90% 10 min Health care workers
MoCA-J Paper 100% 87% 10 min Health care workers
BrainTest Application 71% 90% 10-15min The person or a caregiver
eSLUMS Application 98%-100% 98%-100% 7-10min Health care workers
Finger Tapping Test Physical measurement 77% 67% 1-2min Health care workers
This game Physical measurement 70.8% 80.6% 10min The person
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