AVEID: Automatic Video System for Measuring Engagement In Dementia

Parekh, V., Foong, P. S., Zhao, S. and Subramanian, R. (2018) AVEID: Automatic Video System for Measuring Engagement In Dementia. In: 23rd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '18), Tokyo, Japan, 07-11 Mar 2018, pp. 409-413. ISBN 9781450349451 (doi: 10.1145/3172944.3173010)

Abstract

Engagement in dementia is typically measured using behavior observational scales (BOS) that are tedious and involve intensive manual labor to annotate, and are therefore not easily scalable. We propose AVEID, a low cost and easy-to-use video-based engagement measurement tool to determine the engagement level of a person with dementia (PwD) during digital interaction. We show that the objective behavioral measures computed via AVEID correlate well with subjective expert impressions for the popular MPES and OME BOS, confirming its viability and effectiveness. Moreover, AVEID measures can be obtained for a variety of engagement designs, thereby facilitating large-scale studies with PwD populations.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Subramanian, Dr Ramanathan
• Authors: Parekh, V., Foong, P. S., Zhao, S., and Subramanian, R.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: ACM Press
• ISBN: 9781450349451
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 The Authors
• First Published: First published in 23rd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '18): 409-413
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy