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Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
npj Digital Medicine ( IF 12.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-07 , DOI: 10.1038/s41746-021-00506-4
Eunhee Kim 1 , Andrius Baskys 2 , Anandi V Law 1 , Moom R Roosan 3 , Yan Li 4 , Don Roosan 1
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Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative chronic diseases. As it progresses, patients become increasingly dependent, and their caregivers are burdened with the increasing demand for managing their care. Mobile health (mHealth) technology, such as smartphone applications, can support the need of these caregivers. This paper examines the published academic literature of mHealth applications that support the caregivers of AD patients. Following the PRISMA for scoping reviews, we searched published literature in five electronic databases between January 2014 and January 2021. Twelve articles were included in the final review. Six themes emerged based on the functionalities provided by the reviewed applications for caregivers. They are tracking, task management, monitoring, caregiver mental support, education, and caregiver communication platform. The review revealed that mHealth applications for AD patients’ caregivers are inadequate. There is an opportunity for industry, government, and academia to fill the unmet need of these caregiver.



中文翻译:


范围审查:通过移动医疗应用为阿尔茨海默病护理人员提供支持



阿尔茨海默病(AD)是最流行的神经退行性慢性疾病之一。随着病情的发展,患者变得越来越依赖,而他们的护理人员也面临着管理他们的护理需求不断增加的负担。移动医疗 (mHealth) 技术,例如智能手机应用程序,可以满足这些护理人员的需求。本文研究了已发表的支持 AD 患者护理人员的移动医疗应用学术文献。根据 PRISMA 进行范围界定审查,我们检索了 2014 年 1 月至 2021 年 1 月期间在五个电子数据库中发表的文献。最终审查中纳入了 12 篇文章。根据经过审查的护理人员应用程序提供的功能,出现了六个主题。它们是跟踪、任务管理、监控、护理人员心理支持、教育和护理人员沟通平台。审查显示,针对 AD 患者护理人员的移动医疗应用程序还不够充分。行业、政府和学术界有机会满足这些护理人员未满足的需求。

更新日期:2021-09-07
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