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ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2024

Can mobile health apps with smartphones and tablets be the new frontier of cognitive rehabilitation in older individuals? A narrative review of a growing field.

Maria Grazia Maggio, Antonina Luca, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Filippo Drago, Alessandra Nicoletti

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Review in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Grazia MaggioDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Biological Tower, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, 95123, Catania, Italy.
Antonina LucaDepartment "G.F. Ingrassia", Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Rocco Salvatore CalabròIRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo", Messina, Italy.
Filippo DragoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Biological Tower, School of Medicine, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, 95123, Catania, Italy.
Alessandra NicolettiDepartment "G.F. Ingrassia", Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. anicolet@unict.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-2389
University of Catania · ITCentro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionA recent interesting field of application of telemedicine/e-health involved smartphone apps. Although research on mHealth began in 2014, there are still few studies using these technologies in healthy elderly and in neurodegenerative disorders. Thus, the aim of the present review was to summarize current evidence on the usability and effectiveness of the use of mHealth in older adults and patients with neurodegenerative disorders.

methodsThis review was conducted by searching for recent peer-reviewed articles published between June 1, 2010 and March 2023 using the following databases: Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Database, and Web of Science. After duplicate removal, abstract and title screening, 25 articles were included in the full-text assessment.

resultsTen articles assessed the acceptance and usability, and 15 articles evaluated the efficacy of e-health in both older individuals and patients with neurodegenerative disorders. The majority of studies reported that mHealth training was well accepted by the users, and was able to stimulate cognitive abilities, such as processing speed, prospective and episodic memory, and executive functioning, making smartphones and tablets valuable tools to enhance cognitive performances. However, the studies are mainly case series, case-control, and in general small-scale studies and often without follow-up, and only a few RCTs have been published to date.

conclusionsDespite the great attention paid to mHealth in recent years, the evidence in the literature on their effectiveness is scarce and not comparable. Longitudinal RCTs are needed to evaluate the efficacy of mHealth cognitive rehabilitation in the elderly and in patients with neurodegenerative disorders.

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Mobile ApplicationsNeurodegenerative DiseasesTelemedicineAgedCognitive TrainingHumansProspective StudiesSmartphoneCognitive domainsE-rehabilitationNeurological diseaseOlder adultsSmartphone APP

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