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Smartphone-Based Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Practices
Brown EL, Ruggiano N, Li J, Clarke PJ, Kay ES, Hristidis V.. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2017-08-04
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Most of the 5.4 million people affected by Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia (AD) are noninstitutionalized, receiving care by unpaid family caregivers and medically managed by a primary care provider (PCP). Health Information Technology has been recognized for its potential in improving efficiency and quality of AD care and support for AD caregivers. Simultaneously, smartphone technologies have become an increasingly common way to deliver physical and behavioral health care. However, little is known about how smartphone technologies have been used to support AD caregiving and care. This article highlights the current need for smartphone-based interventions for AD and systematically identified and appraised current smartphone apps targeting and available for AD caregivers. Findings indicate that individual available apps have limited functions (compared with the complex needs of caregivers) and little has been done to extend AD caregiving apps to Hispanic populations. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed.
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Brown, E. L., Ruggiano, N., Li, J., Clarke, P. J., Kay, E. S., & Hristidis, V. (2019). Smartphone-Based Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Practices. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464817723088
Vancouver
Brown EL, Ruggiano N, Li J, Clarke PJ, Kay ES, Hristidis V. Smartphone-Based Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Practices. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2019. doi:10.1177/0733464817723088. PMID: 28774215.
BibTeX
@article{brown2019-28774215,
author = {Brown, E. L. and Ruggiano, N. and Li, J. and Clarke, P. J. and Kay, E. S. and Hristidis, V.},
title = {{Smartphone-Based Health Technologies for Dementia Care: Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Practices}},
journal = {Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1177/0733464817723088},
pmid = {28774215},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464817723088}
}
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Key findings
- Findings indicate that individual available apps have limited functions (compared with the complex needs of caregivers) and little has been done to extend AD caregiving apps to Hispanic populations.
Why it matters
This review found that available smartphone apps for Alzheimer's disease caregivers have limited functions compared with caregivers' complex needs, and little has been done to extend them to Hispanic populations. It describes current technology and does not test whether these apps improve dementia outcomes.
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- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 24 of the 64 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
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|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| 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 | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 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) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (OpenAlex dates this DOI to 2017, the record says 2019; OpenAlex values not used) — 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 | 2 / 6 | Cited by 5 other studies in this library |
| 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 28774215) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 24 / 64 | Scored on 12 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 24 of the 64 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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