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Table 1 Tablet-based cognitive activities

From: Technology-enhanced multi-domain at home continuum of care program with respect to usual care for people with cognitive impairment: the Ability-TelerehABILITation study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Main domain

Activities: examples of contents

Language

Reading and comprehension of a piece of newspaper article

Word production from semantic category in a specific time

Word production based on a specific letter

Word production based on a specific syllable

Word production from a semantic category, based on a specific letter

Memory

Recall of popular songs, films or actor’s biographies

Memorization of daily life notes or brief messages and recall at the end of the cognitive session

Memorization of a list of words and recall, searching for words which were not included in the list previously stored

Recall of information in the newspaper article previously read and answering questions about it

Carefully looking at a painting and memorizing

Recall of information from a painting previously observed and answering some questions

Inclusion of correct missing words in the text of some popular poems

Executive function

Putting things in the correct sequence based on a specific criterion

Putting actions of daily life in the correct sequence

Mathematical calculations

Anagrams

Rebuses (using pictures for words)

Labyrinths

Placing hands in empty clocks based on the time indicated in arabic figures

Attention

Finding specific words in a grid of mixed words

Finding a specific letter in a grid of mixed letters