The effects of a mobile application-based dementia care intelligent recommender system on caregivers of people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial.
Background Health recommender systems offer new opportunities to meet the personalized needs of people with dementia and their caregivers, but evidence on their effectiveness remains limited. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile application–based dementia care intelli...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 55 iid: 2 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 192513149 10.1093/ageing/afag021 ppf: 1 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: The effects of a mobile application-based dementia care intelligent recommender system on caregivers of people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial. aug: au: Sun, Yue Ji, Mengmeng Leng, Minmin Chen, Baoyu Liu, Shuai Wang, Zhiwen affil: School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China Peking University - First Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Beijing, China Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Department of Nursing, Jinan, Shandong, China Peking University Sixth Hospital, Department of Neurology, Beijing, China Department of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China su: China Prevention of mental depression Health literacy Psychological distress Patient safety Evaluation of medical care Randomized controlled trials Communication Psychology of caregivers Mental depression Old age Treatment of dementia Mobile apps Statistical sampling Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Burden of care Self-report inventories Comparative studies Data analysis software Confidence intervals Evaluation sug: subj: Prevention of mental depression Health literacy Psychological distress Patient safety Evaluation of medical care Randomized controlled trials Communication Psychology of caregivers Mental depression Old age China Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling Treatment of dementia Mobile apps Statistical sampling Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Burden of care Self-report inventories Comparative studies Data analysis software Confidence intervals Evaluation keyword: caregiver burden caregivers copyrightHolder:British Geriatrics Society copyrightYear:2026 dementia dementia care intelligent recommender system depressive disorders https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afag021 inLanguage:en knowledge graph older people publisher:Oxford University Press recommender system safety sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41642176/ caregiver burden caregivers copyrightHolder:British Geriatrics Society copyrightYear:2026 dementia dementia care intelligent recommender system depressive disorders https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afag021 inLanguage:en knowledge graph older people publisher:Oxford University Press recommender system safety sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41642176/ ab: Background Health recommender systems offer new opportunities to meet the personalized needs of people with dementia and their caregivers, but evidence on their effectiveness remains limited. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile application–based dementia care intelligent recommender system (DCIRS) among caregivers of people with dementia. Methods We conducted a RCT among family caregivers of people with dementia in China. Participants were randomly assigned to either the intervention group or a waitlist control group (n = 125 per group). Caregivers in the control group received no intervention during the study period, whereas those in the intervention group received access to a remote, mobile application–based DCIRS. Outcomes were assessed at baseline (T0), week 6 (T1), and week 12 (T2). The outcomes included distress related to care problems, caregiver burden, depressive symptoms, and the occurrence of safety-related events. Generalized estimating equations were used for analysis. Results The caregivers in intervention group showed significant reductions in distress scores for dressing, personal hygiene, communication, and behavioural and psychological care problems at both the 6th and 12th week assessments. Caregiver burden scores in the intervention group showed a continuous decline from baseline to week 6 (MD = −1.61) and further to week 12 (MD = −3.43) (P <.05). Within-group analyses showed that depressive symptom scores remained largely stable from baseline to week 6 and week 12 in both the intervention and control groups, with no significant pre–post changes detected. A significant between-group difference was found in the total number of safety-related events (P = .037). Conclusion In summary, this RCT showed that the DCIRS may reduce caregivers' distress related to care problems and lessen caregiver burden. Although depressive symptoms did not improve significantly, further research is needed to assess long-term effects and clarify the mechanisms underlying remote, personalized interventions such as the DCIRS. Registration The trial was registered at the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (ChiCTR2200066087). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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