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Record W4417449049 · doi:10.2196/79123

Predicting Adherence to Computer-Based Cognitive Training Programs Among Older Adults Using Source-Free Domain Adaptation: Algorithm Development and Validation

2025· article· en· W4417449049 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Ronast Subedi, Shayok Chakraborty, Zhe He, Y J Pang, Shenghao Zhang, Mia Liza A. Lustria, Neil Charness, Walter R. Boot

Bibliographic record

VenueJMIR Aging · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicTechnology Use by Older Adults
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsCognitive trainingCognitionDomain (mathematical analysis)Training (meteorology)

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Cognitive decline in the aging population presents an unprecedented challenge worldwide. Recent research has shown the potential of cognitive training programs to mitigate cognitive decline. However, these interventions require sustained adherence to be effective, which can be challenging. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aim to enhance the accuracy of predicting adherence patterns in cognitive training programs for older adults, with the goal of developing personalized support systems that promote adherence and improve cognitive outcomes. METHODS: A major challenge in developing deep neural networks for predicting adherence patterns is the limited availability of individual participants' training data. Although domain adaptation techniques can address this issue by leveraging training data from other clinical studies, our research considers a more practical scenario where the use of such data from other studies is restricted due to privacy and confidentiality concerns. Therefore, we used source-free domain adaptation (SFDA), which uses models trained on other cognitive studies without requiring access to the corresponding datasets. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first effort to use SFDA to predict older adults' daily adherence to cognitive training programs. RESULTS: Using data from 3 previously conducted cognitive training intervention studies, our results demonstrated the efficacy of deep learning models combined with SFDA to accurately predict adherence lapses while addressing data privacy concerns. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that deep learning and SFDA techniques can be useful in the development of adherence support systems for computerized cognitive training, aimed at improving the health and well-being of older adults.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Other design · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.733
Threshold uncertainty score0.847

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.033
GPT teacher head0.306
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designOther design
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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