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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/IJoC.2021.17.4.046

Citizen Science approach and Datification: Pilot Study on Factors Influencing the Dementia among Older Adults

Lim, Hong Tak (Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University)
Han, Jeong-won (Department of Agin & Social Work, Catholic University of Pusan)
Seong, Deok-Hyun (School of Business Administration, Pukyung National University)
Park, Na-Li (Rafael Day care Center, Catholic University of Busan)
Park, Kyong Won (College of Medicine, Dong-A University)
Kim, Woo-Kyong (Busan Center for Dementia, Dong-A University)

Publication Information

International Journal of Contents / v.17, no.4, 2021 , pp. 46-51 More about this Journal

Abstract

This pilot study examined the contribution of citizen science approach to the datification of factors influencing the progress of cognitive health of the older adults. Newspapers were reviewed and FGIs of field workers at a Day Care Center gathered relevant data from citizen. Two questions were put forward; whether new factors are drawn from citizen knowledge; if yes, whether they represent a new type of data. 'Aesal', personality of the older adults with dementia is noted as a new dementia affecting factor. The data on personality also present a new challenge for scientific measurement. The relationship between personality or psychology of the older adults and the risk of getting dementia has been a research field for a long time, yet the impact of personality on the progress of dementia has not been examined scientifically. Because of communication difficulties with the older adults with dementia, new types of indicators and new ways of measurements thus need to be developed.

Keywords

Citizen Science; Datification; Dementia; Practitioners;

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