BACKGROUND: The aging population presents an accomplishment for society but also poses significant challenges for governments, health care systems, and caregivers. Elevated rates of functional limitations among older adults, primarily caused by chron...
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the range and frequency of symptoms among older adult home healthcare patients with urinary incontinence, as this information is predominantly contained in clinical notes. Natural language processing can uncover sy...
The implementation of home-care robots is sometimes unsuccessful. This study aimed to explore factors explaining people's willingness to use home-care robots, particularly among care recipients and caregivers. Surveys were conducted in Japan, Ireland...
BACKGROUND: Home hospitalization is a care modality growing in popularity worldwide. Telemedicine-driven hospital-at-home (HAH) services could replace traditional hospital departments for selected patients. Chest x-rays typically serve as a key diagn...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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BACKGROUND: Mild cognitive impairment and early-stage dementia significantly impact healthcare utilization and costs, yet more than half of affected patients remain underdiagnosed. This study leverages audio-recorded patient-nurse verbal communicatio...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy and comprehensiveness of eight free, publicly available large language model (LLM) chatbots in addressing common questions related to chronic neonatal lung disease (CNLD) and home oxygen therapy (HOT).
BACKGROUND: Repeated hospitalization due to heart failure (HF) is a significant predictor of mortality. However, there are limited early detection systems for HF progression that can be utilized by patients at home without a cardiac implantable elect...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
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BACKGROUND: Telerehabilitation allows patients to engage in therapy away from healthcare facilities, often in the comfort of their homes. Studies have suggested that it can effectively improve motor and cognitive function. However, its applicability ...
BACKGROUND: Dependent older people or those losing their autonomy are at risk of emergency hospitalization. Digital systems that monitor health remotely could be useful in reducing these visits by detecting worsening health conditions earlier. Howeve...
Studies in health technology and informatics
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We used data mining to predict the attitudes of 527 caregivers towards the pros and cons of using robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) for dementia care in African American families, with a focus on family-level factors. African American family ...