%0 Journal Article
%@ 2368-7959
%I JMIR Publications
%V 5
%N 3
%P e57
%T Using Mobile Technology to Provide Personalized Reminiscence for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: Appraisal of Outcomes From a Quasi-Experimental Study
%A Laird,Elizabeth A
%A Ryan,Assumpta
%A McCauley,Claire
%A Bond,Raymond B
%A Mulvenna,Maurice D
%A Curran,Kevin J
%A Bunting,Brendan
%A Ferry,Finola
%A Gibson,Aideen
%+ Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Northland Road, Derry, BT48 7JL, United Kingdom, 44 2871675006 ext 75006, ea.laird@ulster.ac.uk
%K dementia
%K evaluation
%K mobile apps
%K reminiscence
%K research
%K technology
%K mobile phone
%D 2018
%7 11.09.2018
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Ment Health
%G English
%X 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. 
%M 30206053
%R 10.2196/mental.9684
%U http://mental.jmir.org/2018/3/e57/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.9684
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30206053