digiDEM Bavaria Study: Quality of Most Dementia Apps is Insufficient

Memory training, brain fitness exercises, early dementia detection tests, or organizational aids for daily care: The range of apps for people with dementia (PwD) and their caregivers is diverse. A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has for the first time examined German-language apps for PwD and for caregivers for scientific evidence and …

digiDEM Bavaria Study: Quality of Most Dementia Apps is Insufficient

A research team from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Digital Dementia Registry Bavaria (digiDEM Bayern) has, for the first time, evaluated German-language apps for people with dementia and for caregivers based on scientific evidence and user quality, arriving at two sobering results. For most dementia apps available on the so-called "self-payer market," there is no scientific evidence of their...