title: Video prompting versus other instruction strategies for persons with Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Two studies assessed the effectiveness of video prompting as a strategy to support persons with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease in performing daily activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  In study I, video prompting was compared to an existing strategy relying on verbal instructions. In study II, video prompting was compared to another existing strategy relying on static pictorial cues. Video prompting and the other strategies were counterbalanced across tasks and participants and compared within alternating treatments designs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Video prompting was effective in all participants. Similarly effective were the other 2 strategies, and only occasional differences between the strategies were reported. Two social validation assessments showed that university psychology students and graduates rated the patients' performance with video prompting more favorably than their performance with the other strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Video prompting may be considered a valuable alternative to the other strategies to support daily activities in persons with Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Pedagogical and Teaching Sciences, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perilli
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hoogeveen
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caffó
authors.forename: Nirbhay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sigafoos
authors.forename: Germana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: Doretta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oliva
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014743:Videotape Recording
keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; daily activities; pictorial instructions; verbal instructions; video prompting