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Newest in this topic

  1. Validity, feasibility, and effectiveness of a voice-recognition based digital cognitive screener for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older Chinese adults: A large-scale implementation study 2024-02-01
  2. A Systematic Review and Implementation of IoT-Based Pervasive Sensor-Enabled Tracking System for Dementia Patients 2019-07-17
  3. Implementation and evaluation of a driving cessation intervention to improve community mobility and wellbeing outcomes for people living with dementia: study protocol of the 'CarFreeMe' for people with dementia program 2019-03-04

Studies

3 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2019 to 2024

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 1
  • BMC geriatrics 1
  • Journal of medical systems 1

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  1. Validity, feasibility, and effectiveness of a voice-recognition based digital cognitive screener for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older Chinese adults: A large-scale implementation study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-02-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This study suggests that the DCS is an effective and efficient tool for dementia and MCI case-finding in large-scale cognitive screening.

  2. A Systematic Review and Implementation of IoT-Based Pervasive Sensor-Enabled Tracking System for Dementia Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of medical systems 2019-07-17 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In today's world, 46.8 million people suffer from brain related diseases.

  3. Caregiving strain will be collected from care partner/family member only.

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