FindMyApps compared with usual tablet use to promote social health of community-dwelling people with mild dementia and their informal caregivers: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

FindMyApps is a tablet-based eHealth intervention designed to help people learn to use a tablet and find easy-to-use apps. This study evaluated the effectiveness of FindMyApps for supporting social health of people living with dementia, and sense of competence of their informal caregivers.

Methods

A single-centre, two-arm, non-blinded randomised controlled trial was conducted (Netherlands Trial Register NL8157). From 1st January 2020 to 31st July 2022, community-dwelling people in the Netherlands with a pre-established diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia (Brief Cognitive Rating Scale 17-32), an informal caregiver and internet connection were allocated by block randomisation to receive FindMyApps or digital care-as-usual. Primary outcomes (meas

SUBMITTER: Neal DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10480525 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature