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Refining a Digital Therapeutic Platform for Home Care Agencies in Dementia Care to Elicit Stakeholder Feedback: Focus Group Study With Stakeholders
Gilson Aaron, Gassman Michele, Dodds Debby, Lombardo Robin, Ford Ii James H, Potteiger Michael. JMIR aging, 2022-03-03
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Overall, 39 participants participated across the 6 stakeholder focus groups. The focus group results will inform the further development of the Generation Connect platform to reduce the burden of caregiving for persons living with dementia, evaluate changes in cognition, preserve functional independence, and promote caregiver engagement between these individuals.
Key findings
- Overall, 39 participants participated across the 6 stakeholder focus groups.
- The focus group results will inform the further development of the Generation Connect platform to reduce the burden of caregiving for persons living with dementia, evaluate changes in cognition, preserve functional independence, and promote caregiver engagement between these individuals.
Why it matters
This focus group study gathered feedback from 39 stakeholders to help develop a digital platform for dementia home care. It reports no treatment or prevention results, only plans for further development of the platform.
Study details
- Study designclinical trial
- Participants39
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record, so that was left out: it earned 35 of the 96 points we could judge it on, which is 36 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (JMIR aging) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | JMIR Aging: journal h-index 49 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | Design recorded as “clinical trial”, which our rubric does not rank (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 | 3 / 5 | 2022 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 39 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) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 2 / 7 | Cited 9 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-17) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 1.5 citations a year over 6 year(s) since 2022 |
| Impact for its field and year | 1 / 6 | Cited 0.9× 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 6 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Michael Potteiger holds only 3 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | 2 / 3 | University of Wisconsin–Madison: institution h-index 1,514 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 35234657) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 35 / 96 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 35 of the 96 points we could judge it on is 36 out of 100. |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Aaron, G., Michele, G., Debby, D., Robin, L., Ford Ii James, H., & Michael, P. (2022). Refining a Digital Therapeutic Platform for Home Care Agencies in Dementia Care to Elicit Stakeholder Feedback: Focus Group Study With Stakeholders. JMIR aging. https://doi.org/10.2196/32516
Vancouver
Aaron G, Michele G, Debby D, Robin L, Ford Ii James H, Michael P. Refining a Digital Therapeutic Platform for Home Care Agencies in Dementia Care to Elicit Stakeholder Feedback: Focus Group Study With Stakeholders. JMIR aging. 2022. doi:10.2196/32516. PMID: 35234657.
BibTeX
@article{aaron2022-35234657,
author = {Aaron, Gilson and Michele, Gassman and Debby, Dodds and Robin, Lombardo and Ford Ii James, H. and Michael, Potteiger},
title = {{Refining a Digital Therapeutic Platform for Home Care Agencies in Dementia Care to Elicit Stakeholder Feedback: Focus Group Study With Stakeholders}},
journal = {JMIR aging},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.2196/32516},
pmid = {35234657},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/32516}
}
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