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SynthesisJournal of telemedicine and telecare2015

A systematic review of telehealth tools and interventions to support family caregivers.

Nai-Ching Chi, George Demiris

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
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Synthesis in Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 176 papers, 22 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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176citing papers in PubMed, 22 pooled it
19.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

176 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 420 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nai-Ching ChiBiobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Washington, USA ncc17@uw.edu.
George DemirisBiobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Washington, USA Biomedical and Health Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, USA.
Neurobehavioral Systems · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

A Problem Solving Intervention for Hospice CaregiversR01NR012213 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DEMIRIS, GEORGE · 2011 to 2021
$4.2M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR012213NINR NIH HHS R01NR012213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a systematic review of studies employing telehealth interventions which focused on family caregivers' outcomes. The Embase, CINHAL, Cochrane and PubMed databases were searched using combinations of keywords including "telehealth," "telemedicine," "telecare," "telemonitoring," "caregiver" and "family." The initial search produced 4205 articles, of which 65 articles met the inclusion criteria. The articles included 52 experimental studies, 11 evaluation studies, one case study and one secondary analysis. Thirty-three articles focused on family caregivers of adult and older patients, while 32 articles focused on parental caregivers of paediatric patients. The technologies included video, web-based, telephone-based and telemetry/remote monitoring. Six main categories of interventions were delivered via technology: education, consultation (including decision support), psychosocial/cognitive behavioural therapy (including problem solving training), social support, data collection and monitoring, and clinical care delivery. More than 95% of the studies reported significant improvements in the caregivers' outcomes and that caregivers were satisfied and comfortable with telehealth. The review showed that telehealth can positively affect chronic disease care, home and hospice care.

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CaregiversHome Care ServicesChronic DiseaseCognitive Behavioral TherapyCounselingFamilyHumansPatient Education as TopicSocial SupportTelemedicineTelemetry

Identifiers

PMID25475220
PMCPMC4486048
OpenAlexW2042034007

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