Conventional test procedure
The so-called ETAM (Erlangen Test of Activities of Daily Living in Persons with Mild Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment) measures the correct performance of complex everyday practical skills that are of particular relevance to older people living alone.
The ETAM test procedures selected for the screening tool come from the areas of mobility and financial management.
In the course of the original, analogue test, the test person has to answer questions about six traffic situations depicted in photos and, in a fictitious shopping situation, select food from photos and count out the required coins.
Adapted test procedure
In the digitalised version of the test procedure, the test person finds themselves in a photorealistic traffic situation and has to decide and justify when, where and why they are going to the pharmacy. This was realised as a virtual reality (VR) application. This screening requires the Oculus Quest 2 VR glasses.
Also, in a purely virtual, three-dimensional world, the test person has to carry out a number of activities in a supermarket that are important when shopping, such as selecting certain foods from a shopping list, recognizing reasonable priced food products and counting money.
