Sample characteristics at study enrollment.
| Characteristics | Sample (n = 33) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | |
| Age (years) | 73.5 | 7.0 |
| Education (years) | 16.9 | 2.1 |
| n | % | |
| Sex (female) | 19 | 57.6 |
| Race | ||
| White | 27 | 81.8 |
| Black/African American | 6 | 18.2 |
| Personal mobile device | ||
| iPhone | 19 | 57.6 |
| Android | 11 | 33.3 |
| iPad | 3 | 9.1 |
| Cognitive status | ||
| Cognitively unimpaired | 24 | 72.7 |
| Cognitively impaired | 9 | 27.3 |
SD: standard deviation.
We would like to thank the individuals who participated in this study, as well as the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center staff who helped coordinate recruitment.
KC: Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MP: Data curation, Investigation, Project administration. ZTP: Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization. MSR: Investigation, Project administration. JD: Resources, Software. ML: Resources, Software. CL: Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Writing—review & editing. HL: Supervision, Writing—review & editing. RA: Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. PS: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. PHH: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Rhoda Au is a consultant for Signant Health, Biogen, and the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, a Swiss foundation and a U.S. not-for-profit. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
The study (H-37474) was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Boston University Medical Campus.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
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Datasets are available on request: the raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.
Support for this work came from NIH/NIA grant [4R44AG063635] and [2P30AG013846] from the National Institute on Aging. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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