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This study involved 20 participants diagnosed with ET who completed the Columbia University Assessment of Disability in Essential Tremor (CADET) questionnaire that included five additional tasks related to digital equipment operation we wrote. Participants also described task-performance modifications they implemented. To create objective personal performance profiles, they performed a cup-drinking task while being monitored using a sensor measurement system. The CADET\u2019s subjective self-report results indicate that the most prevalent tasks participants reported as having difficulty with or requiring modifications were writing, threading a needle, carrying a cup, using a spoon, pouring, and taking a photo or video on a mobile phone. Analysis of participants\u2019 modifications revealed that holding the object with two hands or with one hand supporting the other were the most prevalent types. No significant correlation was found between the CADET total scores and the cup drinking objective measures. Capturing patients\u2019 perspectives on their functional disability, alongside objective performance measures, is envisioned to contribute to the development of custom-tailored interventions aligned with individual profiles, i.e., patient-based\/smart healthcare.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24154854","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,26]],"date-time":"2024-07-26T09:22:42Z","timestamp":1721985762000},"page":"4854","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Subjective and Objective Day-to-Day Performance Measures of People with Essential Tremor"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7211-7545","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Navit","family":"Roth","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP), Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel 2161002, Israel"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8625-7258","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adham","family":"Salih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel 2161002, Israel"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8666-0389","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sara","family":"Rosenblum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Laboratory of Complex Human Activity and Participation (CHAP), Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"28","DOI":"10.5334\/tohm.632","article-title":"How common is essential tremor? 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