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ArticleGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Virtual Dementia-Friendly Communities (Verily Connect) Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial: Improving Dementia Caregiver Wellbeing in Rural Australia.

Irene Blackberry, Tshepo Rasekaba, Debra Morgan, Kayla Royals, Jennene Greenhill, David Perkins, Megan O'Connell, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Margaret Winbolt, Ainsley Robinson and 2 more

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Article in Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Irene BlackberryJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, VIC 3689, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4482-4936
Tshepo RasekabaJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, VIC 3689, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8714-0409
Debra MorganCanadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6344-6822
Kayla RoyalsJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, VIC 3689, Australia.
Jennene GreenhillFaculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Bilinga, QLD 4225, Australia.
David PerkinsSchool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9739-7339
Megan O'ConnellDepartment of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5, Canada.
Mohammad HamiduzzamanFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6027-1564
Margaret WinboltAustralian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
Ainsley RobinsonGoulburn Valley Health, Shepparton, VIC 3630, Australia.
Hilary DavisSocial Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia.
Clare WildingJohn Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Wodonga, VIC 3689, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2467-4264

Funding

Department of Health 4-4Z3E23H.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caring for people living with dementia often leads to social isolation and decreased support for caregivers. This study investigated the effect of a Virtual Dementia-Friendly Rural Communities (Verily Connect) model on social support and demand for caregivers of people living with dementia. The co-designed intervention entailed an integrated website and mobile application, peer-support videoconference, and technology learning hubs. This mixed-methods, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial was conducted with 113 participants from 12 rural communities in Australia. Caregiver data were collected using MOS-SSS and ZBI between 2018 and 2020. The relationship between post-intervention social support with age, years of caring, years since diagnosis, and duration of intervention were explored through correlation analysis and thin plate regression. Google Analytics were analysed for levels of engagement, and cost analysis was performed for implementation. Results showed that caregivers' perception of social support (MOS-SSS) increased over 32 weeks (

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age friendlycaregivercommunitydementiamobile applicationruralvirtual

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PMCPMC10514836

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