Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications

Abstract Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative chronic diseases. As it progresses, patients become increasingly dependent, and their caregivers are burdened with the increasing demand for managing their care. Mobile health (mHealth) technology, such as smartphone ap...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Eunhee Kim, Andrius Baskys, Anandi V. Law, Moom R. Roosan, Yan Li, Don Roosan
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/1a168e5a72f94c289fcad79de15bb185
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:1a168e5a72f94c289fcad79de15bb185
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1a168e5a72f94c289fcad79de15bb1852021-12-02T14:58:42ZScoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications10.1038/s41746-021-00506-42398-6352https://doaj.org/article/1a168e5a72f94c289fcad79de15bb1852021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00506-4https://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352Abstract Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative chronic diseases. As it progresses, patients become increasingly dependent, and their caregivers are burdened with the increasing demand for managing their care. Mobile health (mHealth) technology, such as smartphone applications, can support the need of these caregivers. This paper examines the published academic literature of mHealth applications that support the caregivers of AD patients. Following the PRISMA for scoping reviews, we searched published literature in five electronic databases between January 2014 and January 2021. Twelve articles were included in the final review. Six themes emerged based on the functionalities provided by the reviewed applications for caregivers. They are tracking, task management, monitoring, caregiver mental support, education, and caregiver communication platform. The review revealed that mHealth applications for AD patients’ caregivers are inadequate. There is an opportunity for industry, government, and academia to fill the unmet need of these caregiver.Eunhee KimAndrius BaskysAnandi V. LawMoom R. RoosanYan LiDon RoosanNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
spellingShingle	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Eunhee Kim Andrius Baskys Anandi V. Law Moom R. Roosan Yan Li Don Roosan Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
description	Abstract Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative chronic diseases. As it progresses, patients become increasingly dependent, and their caregivers are burdened with the increasing demand for managing their care. Mobile health (mHealth) technology, such as smartphone applications, can support the need of these caregivers. This paper examines the published academic literature of mHealth applications that support the caregivers of AD patients. Following the PRISMA for scoping reviews, we searched published literature in five electronic databases between January 2014 and January 2021. Twelve articles were included in the final review. Six themes emerged based on the functionalities provided by the reviewed applications for caregivers. They are tracking, task management, monitoring, caregiver mental support, education, and caregiver communication platform. The review revealed that mHealth applications for AD patients’ caregivers are inadequate. There is an opportunity for industry, government, and academia to fill the unmet need of these caregiver.
format	article
author	Eunhee Kim Andrius Baskys Anandi V. Law Moom R. Roosan Yan Li Don Roosan
author_facet	Eunhee Kim Andrius Baskys Anandi V. Law Moom R. Roosan Yan Li Don Roosan
author_sort	Eunhee Kim
title	Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
title_short	Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
title_full	Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
title_fullStr	Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
title_full_unstemmed	Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications
title_sort	scoping review: the empowerment of alzheimer’s disease caregivers with mhealth applications
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1a168e5a72f94c289fcad79de15bb185
work_keys_str_mv	AT eunheekim scopingreviewtheempowermentofalzheimersdiseasecaregiverswithmhealthapplications AT andriusbaskys scopingreviewtheempowermentofalzheimersdiseasecaregiverswithmhealthapplications AT anandivlaw scopingreviewtheempowermentofalzheimersdiseasecaregiverswithmhealthapplications AT moomrroosan scopingreviewtheempowermentofalzheimersdiseasecaregiverswithmhealthapplications AT yanli scopingreviewtheempowermentofalzheimersdiseasecaregiverswithmhealthapplications AT donroosan scopingreviewtheempowermentofalzheimersdiseasecaregiverswithmhealthapplications
_version_	1718389249073479680

Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications

Ejemplares similares