ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024
The effectiveness of virtual passport, an app-based intervention, for dementia care.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07010874 (THE EFFECT OF REMOTE NURSING INTERVENTIONS BASED ON THE EMPOWERMENT PROCESS MODEL ON PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVERS), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The effect of remote nursing interventions based on the empowerment process model on people with dementia and their family caregivers: a mixed methods study
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- mHealth To Promote Monitoring and Self-Regulation Among Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review.PsyCh journal · 2026Pooled it
- Development and effectiveness of a user-centered mobile application for informal caregivers of people living with dementia: randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2026Trial
- Perspectives and Experiences of Family Caregivers Using Supportive Mobile Apps in Dementia Care: Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- The potentials of digital technology in social prescribing: a qualitative study of key stakeholders' perspectives.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background and objectives: This study aimed to confirm the effectiveness of the virtual passport for dementia care. Research design and methods: The virtual passport is an application (app) tool connecting healthcare professionals, dementia care sites, and people living with dementia (PLWD) and their family caregivers. This tool assists case managers in hospitals by providing individualized care plans and health education to PLWD and their caregivers. The dementia quality indicator achievement rates, care needs investigation and fulfillment, severity of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and changes in caregiver burden and depression are measured at the initial interview and 6 and 12 months after the intervention. Results: We enrolled 57 and 54 patients and their caregivers in the virtual passport and routine care groups, respectively. Compared to the control group, six quality indicators in the passport group showed significantly higher achievement at 6 months after using the virtual passport. Case managers addressed more care needs at 6 months (1.37 vs 0, p < 0.001) and 12 months (1.32 vs 0, p < 0.001). Improvement in severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI) irritability/lability difference: -0.58 vs 0.22, p = 0.044; NPI agitation/aggression difference =-0.78 vs 0.00, p = 0.042) were also observed. No obvious influence was found in caregiver burden and depression after using the virtual passport. Discussion and implications: The virtual passport is an effective information technology tool in improving the quality of dementia care, assisting case management in identifying more care needs, and reducing the severity of BPSD.
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