Pilot Verification of the Usability of Automatic Evaluation of the Box and Block Test by a Computer Program in Occupational Therapy Practice

Charles University, Czech Republic

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Seniors

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Box and Block Test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07499778

č.j. 41/26 S-IV

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project is to verify the usability of a computer program for automatic evaluation of the Box and Block Test performed by seniors aged 65 and over and to determine whether it is more advantageous to use it in clinical practice compared to the usual manual evaluation of the Box and Block Test by an occupational therapist.

Full description

The occupational therapist will test the dexterity of both hands once using the Box and Block Test. Their task will be to move as many blocks as possible from one side of the test box to the other side with each hand separately within one minute according to verbal instructions in three consecutive attempts. The testing will be videotaped for the purpose of subsequent evaluation of the data obtained by a computer program. The results obtained from the evaluation of the videotape by the occupational therapist and the computer program will then be analyzed.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a client of a selected nursing home who is willing to be tested at the time of data collection
• age 65 and over
• signature of informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• severe cognitive, visual or motor limitations preventing completion of the entire test
• failure to complete the entire test

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

seniors tested in natural light

Description:

seniors tested by the Box and Block Test in a room with natural light

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Box and Block Test

seniors tested under artificial lighting

Description:

seniors tested by the Box and Block Test in a room with artificial lighting

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Box and Block Test