TY - JOUR
T1 - Existing Digital Health Technology Index Summary Report for Older Adults Living with Neurocognitive Disorders (Mild and Major) and Their Informal Caregivers
T2 - An Environmental Scan
AU - Jose, Ambily
AU - Sasseville, Maxime
AU - Gorus, Ellen
AU - Giguère, Anik
AU - Bourbonnais, Anne
AU - Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi, Samira
AU - Balley, Clémence
AU - Buyl, Ronald
AU - Gagnon, Marie-Pierre
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) and the Fonds de Recherche du Qu\u00E9bec (FRQ) bilateral agreement, grant number G0D8518N.
Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) and the Fonds de Recherche du Qu\u00E9bec (FRQ) bilateral agreement [grant number G0D8518N]. This study was conducted as part of a collaborative project involving partners from Flanders (Belgium) and Quebec (Canada). This project aims to identify digital health solutions for older adults living with mild or major NCDs and their informal caregivers and to document their characteristics to inform the implementation of such solutions in Europe and Canada. The specific objectives are as follows:
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - Digital health has added numerous promising solutions to enhance the health and wellness of people with neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) and their informal caregivers. (1) Background: It is important to obtain a comprehensive view of currently available technologies, their outcomes, and conditions of success to inform recommendations regarding digital health solutions for people with NCDs and their caregivers. This environmental scan was performed to identify the features of existing digital health solutions relevant to the targeted population. This work reviews currently available digital health solutions and their related characteristics to develop a decision support tool for older adults living with mild or major neurocognitive disorders and their informal caregivers. This knowledge will aid the development of a decision support tool to assist older adults and their informal caregivers in their search for adequate digital health solutions according to their needs and preferences based on trustable information. (2) Methods: We conducted an environmental scan to identify digital health solutions from a systematic review and targeted searches in the grey literature covering the regions of Canada and Europe. Technological tools were scanned based on a preformatted extraction grid. We assessed their relevance based on selected attributes and summarized the findings. (3) Results: We identified 100 available digital health solutions. The majority (56%) were not specific to NCDs. Only 28% provided scientific evidence of their effectiveness. Remote patient care, movement tracking, and cognitive exercises were the most common purposes of digital health solutions. Most solutions were presented as decision aid tools, pill dispensers, apps, web, or a combination of these platforms. (4) Conclusions: This environmental scan allowed for identifying current digital health solutions for older adults with mild or major neurocognitive disorders and their informal caregivers. Findings from the environmental scan highlight the need for additional approaches to strengthen digital health interventions for the well-being of older adults with mild and major NCDs and their informal and formal healthcare providers.
AB - Digital health has added numerous promising solutions to enhance the health and wellness of people with neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) and their informal caregivers. (1) Background: It is important to obtain a comprehensive view of currently available technologies, their outcomes, and conditions of success to inform recommendations regarding digital health solutions for people with NCDs and their caregivers. This environmental scan was performed to identify the features of existing digital health solutions relevant to the targeted population. This work reviews currently available digital health solutions and their related characteristics to develop a decision support tool for older adults living with mild or major neurocognitive disorders and their informal caregivers. This knowledge will aid the development of a decision support tool to assist older adults and their informal caregivers in their search for adequate digital health solutions according to their needs and preferences based on trustable information. (2) Methods: We conducted an environmental scan to identify digital health solutions from a systematic review and targeted searches in the grey literature covering the regions of Canada and Europe. Technological tools were scanned based on a preformatted extraction grid. We assessed their relevance based on selected attributes and summarized the findings. (3) Results: We identified 100 available digital health solutions. The majority (56%) were not specific to NCDs. Only 28% provided scientific evidence of their effectiveness. Remote patient care, movement tracking, and cognitive exercises were the most common purposes of digital health solutions. Most solutions were presented as decision aid tools, pill dispensers, apps, web, or a combination of these platforms. (4) Conclusions: This environmental scan allowed for identifying current digital health solutions for older adults with mild or major neurocognitive disorders and their informal caregivers. Findings from the environmental scan highlight the need for additional approaches to strengthen digital health interventions for the well-being of older adults with mild and major NCDs and their informal and formal healthcare providers.
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U2 - 10.3390/geriatrics9040085
DO - 10.3390/geriatrics9040085
M3 - Scientific review
C2 - 39051249
SN - 2308-3417
VL - 9
JO - Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)
JF - Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)
IS - 4
M1 - 85
ER -