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Trial reportClinical gerontologist

Evaluating In-home Assistive Technology for Dementia Caregivers.

Robert W Levenson, Kuan-Hua Chen, Darius T Levan, Enna Y Chen, Scott L Newton, Deepak Paul, Claire I Yee, Casey L Brown, Jennifer Merrilees, David Moss and 1 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical gerontologist. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Robert W LevensonDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Kuan-Hua ChenDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Darius T LevanDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Enna Y ChenDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Scott L NewtonDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Deepak PaulDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Claire I YeeDepartment of Quantitative and Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Casey L BrownDepartment of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, USA.
Jennifer MerrileesMemory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
David MossCare Daily Company, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Gene WangCare Daily Company, Palo Alto, California, USA.
University of California, Berkeley · USGeorgetown University · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · USStanford University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

TDP-43 Loss-of-Function: Biology to BiomarkersP01AG019724 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Jennifer Merrilees · 2002 to 2026
$67.2M
Predicting Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Dementia CaregiversR01AG062639 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Casey Leigh Brown, Robert Wayne Levenson · 2019 to 2026
$4.8M
Developing and Evaluating In-Home Supportive Technology for Dementia CaregiversR44AG059458 · NIA · PEOPLE POWER COMPANY · PI WANG, GENE · 2018 to 2020
$4.7M
Commercializing In-Home Supportive Technolgy for Dementia CaregiversSB1AG059458 · NIA · PEOPLE POWER COMPANY · PI WANG, GENE · 2021 to 2022
$3.2M
Burden, Depression, and Health in Dementia Caregivers: The Role of EmotionR01AG041762 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI LEVENSON, ROBERT WAYNE · 2012 to 2016
$2.8M
Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Neurodegenerative Disease: Pathways to Caregiver HealthR00AG073617 · NIA · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, CASEY LEIGH · 2022 to 2025
$1.2M
Burden, Depression, and Health in Dementia Caregivers: The Role of EmotionR56AG041762 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI LEVENSON, ROBERT WAYNE · 2018 to 2018
$725k
Behavioral and physiological linkage in people with frontotemporal dementia and spousal caregiversR00AG059947 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI CHEN, KUAN-HUA · 2023 to 2025
$723k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesDementia caregivers (CGs) are at heightened risk for developing problems with anxiety and depression. Much attention has been directed toward developing and deploying interventions designed to protect CG health, but few have been supported by rigorous empirical evidence. Technology-based interventions that are effective, scalable, and do not add greatly to the CG burden are of particular interest.

methodsWe conducted a nine-month randomized controlled trial in 63 homes evaluating People Power Caregiver (PPCg), a system of sensors in the home connected to cloud-based software that alerts CGs about worrisome deviations from normal patterns (e.g., falls, wandering).

resultsCGs in the active condition had significantly less anxiety than those in the control condition at the six-month assessment. Greater anxiety reduction in the active condition at the six-month assessment was associated with greater interaction with PPCg via SMS text messages. There were no differences in anxiety at the three-month or nine-month assessments or in depression at any assessment.

conclusionsPPCg shows promise for reducing anxiety associated with caring for a =person with dementia. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Technology-based interventions can help reduce CG anxiety, a major adverse consequence of caregiving that may be difficult to treat due to other demands on caregiver time and energy.

Indexed as

DementiaSelf-Help DevicesAnxietyAnxiety DisordersCaregiversHumansanxietycaregiversDementiainterventionstechnology

Identifiers

PMID36732317
PMCPMC10394113
OpenAlexW4318937664

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Registered trials

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