ArticleNPJ digital medicine2021
Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer's Disease caregivers with mHealth applications.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- mHealth To Promote Monitoring and Self-Regulation Among Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review.PsyCh journal · 2026Pooled it
- Toward better technology for social health in dementia: a review of implementation recommendations and research priorities to equitably meet the demand.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Integration of artificial intelligence applications in clinical pharmacy services: A scoping review.Future healthcare journal · 2026Review
- Using a Large Language Model to Support Thematic Analysis of Patient Experiences in Chronic Illness Management: Comparative Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI for neurodegenerative diseases: An update on clinical and preclinical studies.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Supporting Dementia Caregiving With a Mobile Care Ecosystem: Development and Mixed Methods Study.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Stakeholder Perspectives on mHealth Technologies to Prevent Sitting-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Long-Term Care Facilities: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Unresolved ethical questions of mHealth apps for Alzheimer's disease prevention.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2025Article
- Perspectives and Experiences of Family Caregivers Using Supportive Mobile Apps in Dementia Care: Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Implementation of Telemedicine for Patients With Dementia and Their Caregivers: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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- An Introduction to Smart Home Ward-Based Hospital-at-Home Care in China.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Alzheimer's disease: a comprehensive review of epidemiology, risk factors, symptoms diagnosis, management, caregiving, advanced treatments and associated challenges.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
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- A Mobile Application to Assist Alzheimer's Caregivers During COVID-19 Pandemic: Development and Evaluation.Journal of caring sciences · 2023Article
- Artificial Intelligent Context-Aware Machine-Learning Tool to Detect Adverse Drug Events from Social Media Platforms.Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology · 2022Article
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- A Survey of Mobile Apps for the Care Management of Patients with Dementia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The potential of mHealth for older adults on dialysis and their care partners: What's been done and where do we go from here?Frontiers in nephrology · 2022Article
- Digital Intervention for the Management of Alzheimer's Disease.Current Alzheimer research · 2022Review
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Abstract
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.
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