%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-7605
%I JMIR Publications
%V 3
%N 1
%P e15290
%T Existing Mobile Phone Apps for Self-Care Management of People With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Systematic Analysis
%A Guo,Yuqi
%A Yang,Fan
%A Hu,Fei
%A Li,Wei
%A Ruggiano,Nicole
%A Lee,Hee Yun
%+ Social Welfare Program, School of Public Administration, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 219 Quanxue Hall, 217 Jianshan Street,  Shaohekou District, Dalian, 116025, China, 86 41184710562, fyang10@dufe.edu.cn
%K alzheimer disease
%K dementia
%K self-care
%K mobile phone apps
%D 2020
%7 24.1.2020
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Aging
%G English
%X 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. 
%M 32012045
%R 10.2196/15290
%U http://aging.jmir.org/2020/1/e15290/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/15290
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32012045