title: The exploration & forensic analysis of computer usage data in the elderly.
abstract: Unobtrusive in-home computer monitoring could one day be used to deliver cost-effective diagnostic information about the cognitive abilities of the elderly. This could allow for early detection of cognitive impairment and would additionally be coupled with the cost advantages that are associated with a semi-automated system. Before using the computer usage data to draw conclusions about the participants, we first needed to investigate the nature of the data that was collected. This paper represents a forensics style analysis of the computer usage data that is being collected as part of a larger study of cognitive decline, and focuses on the isolation and removal of non user-generated activities that were recorded by our computer monitoring software (CMS).
authors: Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA. hattb@ohsu.edu
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Hatt
authors: Edward A
authors: EA
authors: Vanbaak
authors: Holly B
authors: HB
authors: Jimison
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Hagler
authors: Tamara L
authors: TL
authors: Hayes
authors: Misha
authors: M
authors: Pavel
authors: Jeffery
authors: J
authors: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012984:Software