Get help now — free helplines

You can call any of these for free. You do not need a diagnosis, an appointment, or a crisis to call — questions and plain exhaustion are reasons enough.

  • Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Free, confidential support and information for people with dementia, caregivers, families and the public. Master's-level clinicians. Also Spanish.
  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988 24/7 Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. For anyone in emotional distress or a mental-health crisis, including caregivers.
  • Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) Helpline 866-232-8484 9:00 am - 9:00 pm ET, seven days a week Licensed social workers providing support, info and referrals. Also text message and web chat. Text: 646-586-5283

In a medical emergency, call 911. More numbers, and what each line does, on the help page.

This page is alzhub.org's plain-English summary of a published study, not the paper itself. It is generated from the record we hold for this study, sourced and linked below — check the original for the full text and methods.

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Treatments

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Results The study protocol is part of a project approved and funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 (grant agreement number 875221). The results of this study are expected to be published in summer 2023. The results will allow to clarify the impact of PC4L on quality of life, will assess the empowerment of patients and the medical resources use, as well as the usability of the final version of the PC4L system.

Cite this study APA, Vancouver, BibTeX · download .bib or .ris

APA 7th

Judica, E., Tropea, P., Bouça-Machado, R., Marín, M., Calarota, E., Cozma, L., et al. (2023). Personalized Integrated Care Promoting Quality of Life for Older People: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols. https://doi.org/10.2196/47916

Vancouver

Judica E, Tropea P, Bouça-Machado R, Marín M, Calarota E, Cozma L, et al. Personalized Integrated Care Promoting Quality of Life for Older People: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols. 2023. doi:10.2196/47916. PMID: 37486732.

BibTeX

@article{judica2023-37486732,
  author  = {Judica, E. and Tropea, P. and Bouça-Machado, R. and Marín, M. and Calarota, E. and Cozma, L. and Badea, R. and Ahmed, M. and others},
  title   = {{Personalized Integrated Care Promoting Quality of Life for Older People: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial}},
  journal = {JMIR research protocols},
  year    = {2023},
  doi     = {10.2196/47916},
  pmid    = {37486732},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.2196/47916}
}

Built from the record alzhub holds for this paper, not looked up. Volume, issue and page numbers are not held in the record. The record's author list ends in “et al.”, so not every author is named. Check the citation against the original before you use it.

Key findings

Why it matters

This is a protocol for a trial of personalized integrated care for older people, focused on quality of life and empowerment rather than Alzheimer's disease treatment. No results are available yet.

Study details

How this study scored 44/100
How this study's score is builtJournal tier 7 of 10; Journal's citation record 0 of 4; Study design 0 of 12; Strength of evidence 5 of 5; Peer-review validation 10 of 10; How recent 3 of 5; Sample size 2 of 4; Effect reported 0 of 3; Studied in people 3 of 3; Randomized / blinded 1 of 2; Times cited 1 of 7; Citations per year 0 of 5; Impact for its field and year 2 of 6; Cited by studies here 0 of 6; Still being cited 1 of 4; Senior author's track record 3 of 4; Institution's track record 1 of 3; Multicenter collaboration 1 of 3; Indexed in PubMed 2 of 2; Free to read 2 of 2. Total 44 of 100.44 of 100 points earned56 not earned

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design and effect reported because the record does not state it.

ComponentPointsWhy
Journal tier 7 / 10 Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (JMIR research protocols)
Journal's citation record 0 / 4 JMIR Research Protocols: journal h-index 62 (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 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 3 / 5 2023 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size 2 / 4 558 participants
Effect reported 0 / 3 No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people 3 / 3 Studied in people (participant count stated)
Randomized / blinded 1 / 2 Randomized (as stated in the record)
Times cited 1 / 7 Cited 4 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year 0 / 5 0.8 citations a year over 5 year(s) since 2023
Impact for its field and year 2 / 6 Cited 2.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here 0 / 6 No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited 1 / 4 Cited 4 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record 3 / 4 Last-listed author Massimo Corbo: h-index 53 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record 1 / 3 University of Münster: institution h-index 833 (OpenAlex)
Multicenter collaboration 1 / 3 OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 2 countries
Indexed in PubMed 2 / 2 Indexed in PubMed (PMID 37486732)
Free to read 2 / 2 Free to read
Total 44 / 100 —

What each of these 20 components measures, and what this score is not →

Read the original

Full text: free to read — OpenAlex lists this copy as free to read: the link above (checked 6 Feb 1020).

Studies in the library that share something with this one. The line above each title says what.

Studies this one cites

Referenced by this study and also in the alzhub library, so you can read them here.

Related studies in Treatments

Also tagged “palliative”

858 studies in the library carry the topic tag “palliative”; these are this study's neighbours in a fixed, alphabetical-by-hash tour of them, not the closest in content. All 858 tagged studies.

Studies sharing this one's topic tags

Similar studies

More on Treatments

See all studies in Treatments →