@Article{info:doi/10.2196/15290,
author="Guo, Yuqi
and Yang, Fan
and Hu, Fei
and Li, Wei
and Ruggiano, Nicole
and Lee, Hee Yun",
title="Existing Mobile Phone Apps for Self-Care Management of People With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Systematic Analysis",
journal="JMIR Aging",
year="2020",
month="Jan",
day="24",
volume="3",
number="1",
pages="e15290",
keywords="alzheimer disease; dementia; self-care; mobile phone apps",
abstract="Background: Alzheimer disease and related dementias (AD/RD) are progressive neurocognitive disorders that currently affect approximately 50 million people worldwide. Mobile phone apps have been well-integrated into daily lives and can be used to deliver and promote health care. There is an increase in the use of technology to provide care and support to AD/RD patients and their families. Objective: This study aimed to review apps designed for AD/RD patients and analyze the benefits of, and challenges to, such technological solutions. Methods: A systematic approach was applied to review the availability, content, features, and quality of mobile phone apps to support self-care among AD/RD patients. Results: The initial search for this review was conducted in January 2019, and the screening and analysis of the included apps were completed in May 2019. A total of 14 apps were included from an initial search of 245 apps. The top 3 features were alert (9/14, 64{\%}), self-care tips (6/14, 42{\%}), and social networking capacity (5/14, 35{\%}). On average, the readability of the apps was a tenth-grade reading level (SD 3.06). The overall quality was 3.71 out of 5 (SD 1.37). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that currently available apps for AD/RD patients may not meet complex needs and may be challenging to use, given the possible impaired communication ability associated with AD/RD. Therefore, high-quality apps need to be developed and rigorously evaluated for feasibility and efficacy. ",
issn="2561-7605",
doi="10.2196/15290",
url="http://aging.jmir.org/2020/1/e15290/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/15290",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32012045"
}