AGE-WELL investigators have been using a customized version of whack-a-mole as a new way to spot those at risk of delirium. Emergency department trials of the tablet game showed that measuring changes in patient response times and error rates are useful as a screening tool to predict delirium, according to Dr. Jacques Lee, an emergency physician and scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Lee is collaborating on the project with Dr. Mark Chignell, a psychologist and CHE affiliate in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Tiffany Tong, an AGE-WELL trainee alumna.
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