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A Web-based self-management app for living well with dementia: user-centered development study.
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BACKGROUND: Self-management, autonomy, and quality of life are key constructs in enabling people to live well with dementia. This population often becomes isolated following diagnosis, but it is important for them to feel encouraged to maintain their daily activities and stay socially active. Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE) fosters social inclusion and greater dementia self-management through an interactive handbook. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop a paper-based PRIDE manual on a web-based platform. METHODS: Two overarching stages were used to create the web-based version of PRIDE. The first was Preliminary Development, which encompassed tendering, preliminary development work, consultations, beta version of the website, user testing and consultation on beta version, and production of the final web-based prototype. The second stage was Development of the Final PRIDE App, which included 2 sprints and further user testing. RESULTS: Through a lengthy development process, modifications were made to app areas such as the log-in process, content layout, and aesthetic appearance. Feedback from the target population was incorporated into the process to achieve a dementia-friendly product. The finished PRIDE app has defined areas for reading dementia-related topics, creating activity plans, and logging these completed activities. CONCLUSIONS: The PRIDE app has evolved from its initial prototype into a more dementia-friendly and usable program that is suitable for further testing. The finished version will be tested in a reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance study, with its potential reach, effectiveness, and adoption explored. Feedback gathered during the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance study will lead to any further developments in the app to increase its applicability to the target audience and usability.
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2023
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Dementia, Technology, Quality of life
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Lee, A. R., Csipke, E., Yates, L., Moniz-Cook, E., McDermott, O., Taylor, S., Stephens, M., Kelleher, D. & Orrell, M. (2023). A Web-based self-management app for living well with dementia: user-centered development study. JMIR Human Factors, 10, pp. e40785.
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©Abigail Rebecca Lee, Emese Csipke, Lauren Yates, Esme Moniz-Cook, Orii McDermott, Steven Taylor, Michael Stephens,
Daniel Kelleher, Martin Orrell. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (https://humanfactors.jmir.org), 24.02.2023. This
is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work, first published in JMIR Human Factors, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information,
a link to the original publication on https://humanfactors.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be
included.
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