@article{ref1,
title="Electronic Reminding Technology Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects on Timely Task Completion",
journal="Journal of head trauma rehabilitation",
year="2011",
author="Dowds, Murdo M. and Lee, Patricia H. and Sheer, Jeffrey B. and Oʼneil-Pirozzi, Therese M. and Xenopoulos-Oddsson, Annette and Goldstein, Richard and Zainea, Kathryn L. and Glenn, Mel B.",
volume="26",
number="5",
pages="339-347",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: To determine whether automated reminders from 2 contemporary personal digital assistant (PDA) devices produce higher rates of timely task completion in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). SETTING.: Outpatient and community rehabilitation settings. PARTICIPANTS.: Thirty-six adults aged 18 to 66 years with TBI and self-determined complaints of memory impairment. MEASURES:: Timely completion rates for assigned memory tasks under 4 randomly assigned memory aid conditions. RESULTS:: Significantly, higher completion rates were found when using either PDA device when compared with a combined baseline and paper memory aid condition (for Palm OS device, Incidence Rate Ratio [IRR] = 2.14, P < .0005, CI [confidence interval] = 1.77-2.59; for Microsoft Pocket PC OS device, IRR = 1.47, P < .001, CI = 1.18-1.82). A significant difference in completion rates was also found between the 2 PDA devices (IRR = 1.46, P < .0005, CI = 1.26-1.70), with the Palm version producing the better scores. CONCLUSIONS:: Substantially higher rates of task completion (more than double in some cases) when using either PDA device suggest that rehabilitation clinicians can make productive use of PDA-based memory aids in their TBI patient populations. The strength of the effects of PDA device usage argues for further investigation of the impact of device usage on quality-of-life and costs of care, and of personal and caregiver factors predictive of successful and sustained device usage.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0885-9701",
doi="10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181f2bf1d",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181f2bf1d"
}