UnderstAID, an ICT Platform to Help Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Núñez Naveira, Laura ^a   Alonso Búa, Begoña ^a   De Labra, Carmen ^a   Gregersen, Rikke ^b   Maibom, Kirsten ^b   Mojs, Ewa ^c   Krawczyk Wasielewska, Agnieszka ^c,d   Millán Calenti, José Carlos ^e  

^a Development and Innovation Department   (Spain)

^b VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Denmark)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d Karol Marcinkowski University of Medicine in Pozna   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDAGOGICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; POLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 85009446588     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5726465     Document Type: Article

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