SynthesisSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Wearable and Portable GPS Solutions for Monitoring Mobility in Dementia: A Systematic Review.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Supporting safe walking and managing missing incidents in dementia: a qualitative narrative synthesis of current evidence.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- Aesthetic Experience in the Acceptance of Wearable Technology for People With Dementia: Critical Interpretive Synthesis.JMIR aging · 2025Pooled it
- Geolocation-derived mobility indices and the association with clinical symptoms and functioning in severe mental illness: A multivariate meta-analysis.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Pooled it
- Stage-Wise IoT Solutions for Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Detection, Monitoring, and Assistive Technologies.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Continuous Movement Monitoring at Home Through Wearable Devices: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Enhancing Enrollment and Adherence in Long-Term Wearable Research on Dementia: Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.JMIR aging · 2025Pooled it
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- Evaluating In-home Assistive Technology for Dementia Caregivers.Clinical gerontologistTrial
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- Cartographic privacy: Case studies in communicating sensitive geospatial information.Progress in human geography · 2026Article
- Guiding the Ethics of Locator Devices in Dementia Care: Tutorial on Developing a Question-Based Ethical Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Ethical perspectives on GPS tracking for people with dementia: insights from an online citizens' jury.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Wearable Sensor Technologies and Gait Analysis for Early Detection of Dementia: Trends and Future Directions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Lived experiences of missing with dementia and pathways to care: a qualitative study of carers' and professionals' perspectives.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Distance from home and working memory: daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
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- From the Perspective of People with Dementia: Using Creative Qualitative Measures to Assess the Values and Opinions on Freedom and Safety among People Living with Dementia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Experiences of family caregivers taking care getting lost of persons with dementia: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Informing existing technology acceptance models: a qualitative study with older persons and caregivers.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
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Abstract
Dementia is the most common neurodegenerative disorder globally. Disease progression is marked by declining cognitive function accompanied by changes in mobility. Increased sedentary behaviour and, conversely, wandering and becoming lost are common. Global positioning system (GPS) solutions are increasingly used by caregivers to locate missing people with dementia (PwD) but also offer a non-invasive means of monitoring mobility patterns in PwD. We performed a systematic search across five databases to identify papers published since 2000, where wearable or portable GPS was used to monitor mobility in patients with common dementias or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Disease and GPS-specific vocabulary were searched singly, and then in combination, identifying 3004 papers. Following deduplication, we screened 1972 papers and retained 17 studies after a full-text review. Only 1/17 studies used a wrist-worn GPS solution, while all others were variously located on the patient. We characterised the studies using a conceptual framework, finding marked heterogeneity in the number and complexity of reported GPS-derived mobility outcomes.
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