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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Caregiving

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Plain-language summary

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) are progressive neurodegenerative conditions that impair memory, thought processes, and functioning. Family caregivers of individuals with AD/ADRD face significant mental health challenges due to long-term caregiving responsibilities. Yet, current support systems often overlook the evolving nature of their mental wellbeing needs. Our study examines caregivers' mental wellbeing concerns, focusing on the practices they adopt to manage the burden of caregiving and the technologies they use for support. Through semi-structured interviews with 25 family caregivers of individuals with AD/ADRD, we identified the key causes and effects of mental health challenges and developed a temporal mapping of how caregivers' mental wellbeing evolves across three distinct stages of the caregiving journey. Additionally, our participants shared insights into improvements for existing mental health technologies, emphasizing the need for accessible, scalable, and personalized solutions that adapt to caregivers' changing needs over time. These findings offer a foundation for designing dynamic, stage-sensitive interventions that holistically support caregivers' mental wellbeing, benefiting both caregivers and care recipients.

What this study adds

Evidence grade: Low

This interview study of 25 family caregivers describes their mental health challenges and how their needs change across three stages of the caregiving journey. It offers a foundation for designing stage-sensitive mental health technologies, but it did not test whether any such intervention helps.

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APA 7th

Shi, J. M., Wang, K., Yoo, D. W., Karkar, R., & Saha, K. (2025). Balancing Caregiving and Self-Care: Exploring Mental Health Needs of Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3757555

Vancouver

Shi JM, Wang K, Yoo DW, Karkar R, Saha K. Balancing Caregiving and Self-Care: Exploring Mental Health Needs of Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 2025. doi:10.1145/3757555.

BibTeX

@article{shi2025-64d8fdc3,
  author  = {Shi, Jiayue Melissa and Wang, Keran and Yoo, Dong Whi and Karkar, Ravi and Saha, Koustuv},
  title   = {{Balancing Caregiving and Self-Care: Exploring Mental Health Needs of Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregivers}},
  journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1145/3757555},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3757555}
}

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Key findings

Family caregivers of individuals with AD/ADRD face significant mental health challenges due to long-term caregiving responsibilities.
These findings offer a foundation for designing dynamic, stage-sensitive interventions that holistically support caregivers' mental wellbeing, benefiting both caregivers and care recipients.

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Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 39/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction)
Journal's citation record	1 / 4	Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: journal h-index 108 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” 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	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomized / blinded	0 / 2	No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	2 / 7	Cited 12 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	2 / 5	4.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	3 / 6	Cited 7.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	1 / 6	Cited by 1 other studies in this library
Still being cited	1 / 4	Cited 12 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	2 / 4	Last-listed author Koustuv Saha: h-index 32 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	1 / 3	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: institution h-index 1,439 (OpenAlex)
Multicenter collaboration	1 / 3	OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 1 country
Indexed in PubMed	1 / 2	Not in PubMed, but has a DOI
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	39 / 100	—

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