The role of digital health interventions in supporting family caregivers for people with dementia to improve quality of life.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-30 DOI:10.1097/SPC.0000000000000734

Annabel Farnood, Bridget Johnston, Catherine Evans

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Purpose of review: Dementia is a chronic progressive terminal condition. Most care is provided by family caregivers (including close friends); their wellbeing is a public health priority. Caregivers manage increasingly complex needs with disease progression, and declining cognitive and physical function. This can impact the well-being of caregivers, and meaningful support is essential. This review article aims to understand what the benefits and challenges of digital health interventions are and provide considerations for future development of digital health interventions for family caregivers for people with dementia, to improve quality of life.

Recent findings: Benefits include the valuable source of support from connective platforms; 24/7 accessibility; and opportunity for remote monitoring. However, this needs to balance with challenges, including the privacy of data concerns; and the digital divide driving inequalities in care provision for family caregivers with no access to internet devices.

Summary: Digital health interventions can positively impact the overall well-being of family caregivers for people with dementia. If challenges are addressed and digital health interventions are designed to meet priorities for family caregivers, this can help improve the quality of life for family caregivers of people with dementia.

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数字健康干预在支持痴呆症患者家庭护理人员提高生活质量方面的作用。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

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2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.

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