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Systematic Mapping of Literature About the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Through the Use of Video Games

Abstract:

One of the cognitive diseases that mostly affect the adult population is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), there is still no treatment that has a 100% effectiveness; therefore, early diagnosis is of great help for potential patients, different solutions have been proposed over time that addresses the detection or discrimination of different neurocognitive disorders, including AD. The purpose of this systematic mapping is to review recent research into the early diagnosis of AD through the use of video games, which has become an innovative proposal that has great future potential for patients, caregivers, and health personnel. The methodology applied consists of three phases: planning, execution, and documentation, a set of objectives and research questions to classify the results found, inclusion criteria, exclusion, and quality assessment. The results of this investigation show that there are few studies related to the early diagnosis and/or discrimination of different types of dementia that include the use of video games and the digitization of desktop tests such as MOCA and MMSE but without being automatic, therefore, there is the need to develop more solutions to guide the design, development, and adoption of video games for the diagnosis of AD.