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Adoption of Telemedicine for Dementia Care in Nigeria: Scoping Review
Abiodun Adedeji, Huseyin Dogan, Festus Adedoyin, Michelle Heward. Interactive journal of medical research, 2025-10-27
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Among the 23 studies, 10 (43.5%) focused on mobile health apps, 8 (34.8%) on video consultations, and 5 (21.7%) on remote monitoring tools. These interventions improved caregiver support, medication adherence, and access to specialist care. Key barriers included limited digital literacy, poor internet access, and a lack of cohesive national telemedicine policy. There is an urgent need for an inclusive national telemedicine policy in Nigeria. Interventions such as mobile health, video consultations, and remote monitoring tools show potential to enhance dementia care, reduce caregiver burden, and improve health outcomes.
Key findings
- Among the 23 studies, 10 (43.5%) focused on mobile health apps, 8 (34.8%) on video consultations, and 5 (21.7%) on remote monitoring tools.
- These interventions improved caregiver support, medication adherence, and access to specialist care.
- Key barriers included limited digital literacy, poor internet access, and a lack of cohesive national telemedicine policy.
- There is an urgent need for an inclusive national telemedicine policy in Nigeria.
- Interventions such as mobile health, video consultations, and remote monitoring tools show potential to enhance dementia care, reduce caregiver burden, and improve health outcomes.
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Study details
- Study designmeta-analysis
- Participants23
- Effect size43.5%; 34.8%; 21.7%
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 82/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a meta-analysis pooling many studies. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 46 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 82 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Interactive journal of medical research) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 12 / 12 | A meta-analysis pooling many studies |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 23 participants |
| Effect reported | 2 / 3 | Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | A review of other studies — randomisation is not credited here |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 41144595) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 46 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 46 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 82 out of 100. |
| Total | 82 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Adedeji, A., Dogan, H., Adedoyin, F., & Heward, M. (2025). Adoption of Telemedicine for Dementia Care in Nigeria: Scoping Review. Interactive journal of medical research. https://doi.org/10.2196/75168
Vancouver
Adedeji A, Dogan H, Adedoyin F, Heward M. Adoption of Telemedicine for Dementia Care in Nigeria: Scoping Review. Interactive journal of medical research. 2025. doi:10.2196/75168. PMID: 41144595.
BibTeX
@article{adedeji2025-41144595,
author = {Adedeji, Abiodun and Dogan, Huseyin and Adedoyin, Festus and Heward, Michelle},
title = {{Adoption of Telemedicine for Dementia Care in Nigeria: Scoping Review}},
journal = {Interactive journal of medical research},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.2196/75168},
pmid = {41144595},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/75168}
}