@Article{info:doi/10.2196/mental.9684,
author="Laird, Elizabeth A
and Ryan, Assumpta
and McCauley, Claire
and Bond, Raymond B
and Mulvenna, Maurice D
and Curran, Kevin J
and Bunting, Brendan
and Ferry, Finola
and Gibson, Aideen",
title="Using Mobile Technology to Provide Personalized Reminiscence for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: Appraisal of Outcomes From a Quasi-Experimental Study",
journal="JMIR Ment Health",
year="2018",
month="Sep",
day="11",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="e57",
keywords="dementia; evaluation; mobile apps; reminiscence; research; technology; mobile phone",
abstract="Background: Dementia is an international research priority. Reminiscence is an intervention that prompts memories and has been widely used as a therapeutic approach for people living with dementia. We developed a novel iPad app to support home-based personalized reminiscence. It is crucial that technology-enabled reminiscence interventions are appraised. Objective: We sought to measure the effect of technology-enabled reminiscence on mutuality (defined as the level of ``closeness'' between an adult living with dementia and their carer), quality of carer and patient relationship, and subjective well-being. Methods: A 19-week personalized reminiscence intervention facilitated by a program of training and a bespoke iPad app was delivered to people living with dementia and their family carers at their own homes. Participants (N=60) were recruited in dyads from a cognitive rehabilitation team affiliated with a large UK health care organization. Each dyad comprised a person living with early to moderate dementia and his or her family carer. Outcome measurement data were collected at baseline, midpoint, and intervention closure. Results: Participants living with dementia attained statistically significant increases in mutuality, quality of carer and patient relationship, and subjective well-being (P<.001 for all 3) from baseline to endpoint. Carers attained nonsignificant increases in mutuality and quality of carer and patient relationship and a nonsignificant decrease in subjective well-being. Conclusions: Our results indicate that individual-specific reminiscence supported by an iPad app may be efficient in the context of early to moderate dementia. A robust randomized controlled trial of technology-enabled personalized reminiscence is warranted. ",
issn="2368-7959",
doi="10.2196/mental.9684",
url="http://mental.jmir.org/2018/3/e57/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.9684",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30206053"
}