Solution to support informal caregivers of patients with dementia
| Autor: | Carla Silva, Carolina Santos, Teresa Velosa, Rita Melo, Susana M. Cardoso, Mariana Goncalves, Maria João Lobão, Yan Guan, Vitor Santos, Jose Curado |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSP, Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP), NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), NOVA IMS Research and Development Center (MagIC) |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Institutionalisation Computer science Public health 020206 networking & telecommunications 02 engineering and technology medicine.disease Health outcomes Quality of life (healthcare) SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Quality of life Nursing Information and Communications Technology Software deployment 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Dementia 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Requirements analysis Disease burden Computer Science(all) General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Procedia Computer Science. 181:294-301 |
| ISSN: | 1877-0509 |
| Popis: | Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. The dementia is a degenerative uncurable disease. Giving its high prevalence worldwide, it is considered a major global public health concern. Patients with dementia need long-term care and support at home. Current evidence demonstrates that their informal caregivers are prone to psychiatric and cardiovascular diseases and lack formal support that can help them in their exhausting daily routine. We intend to report the creation of an ICT solution to support informal caregivers of patients with dementia, addressing identified needs. The academic engineering project launched was divided in two phases: 1) requirements analysis and software design and 2) software development and deployment. The user-friendly and smooth functioning application developed, called OneCare, has a set of functionalities that allows the free access to information about the disease, useful resources, medication, outpatient consultation management and communication with peers. We consider that this application may improve effectiveness in care provided by informal caregivers of patients with dementia, while having a positive impact in their health outcomes and quality of life. We advocate that future policies in this area should consider the use of this kind of technology as a way to reduce disease burden, institutionalization needs and increase the chances of living well at home. publishersversion published |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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