Cha Su-Min
Department of Occupational Therapy, Kyungnam University, Changwon 51767, Republic of Korea.
Life (Basel). 2024 Jul 18;14(7):891. doi: 10.3390/life14070891.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for home rehabilitation services, leading to the development and rising demand for cognitive rehabilitation apps. However, a comprehensive analysis of the content and effectiveness of these apps is needed. This study systematically reviewed and analyzed the literature on mobile apps for cognitive rehabilitation. One researcher and an external expert conducted the study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment following the PRISMA Checklist 2020 guidelines. Our review of 18 studies identified 8 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (44.44%) of high quality and 10 non-RCT studies (55.56%) of moderate quality. Overall, 16 of the 18 studies (88.88%) demonstrated positive clinical implications for cognitive function after using cognitive rehabilitation apps. Eight studies showed a correlation between app use and improved cognitive function, and four highlighted the potential for cognitive function evaluation through apps. All studies employed various occupational therapy (OT) intervention approaches, with prevention being the most common (100%), followed by establishment and restoration (83.33%), maintenance (77.77%), and creation and promotion (38.88%). This study clinically validates the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation mobile applications from an occupational therapy perspective.
新冠疫情增加了对家庭康复服务的需求，导致认知康复应用程序的开发和需求不断上升。然而，需要对这些应用程序的内容和有效性进行全面分析。本研究系统回顾并分析了有关认知康复移动应用程序的文献。一名研究人员和一名外部专家按照《2020年系统评价和Meta分析的首选报告项目清单》（PRISMA）指南进行了研究筛选、数据提取和质量评估。我们对18项研究的回顾发现，其中有8项高质量的随机对照试验（RCT）（44.44%）和10项中等质量的非随机对照试验（55.56%）。总体而言，18项研究中的16项（88.88%）表明，使用认知康复应用程序后对认知功能具有积极的临床意义。8项研究表明应用程序的使用与认知功能改善之间存在关联，4项研究强调了通过应用程序进行认知功能评估的潜力。所有研究都采用了各种职业治疗（OT）干预方法，其中预防最为常见（100%），其次是建立和恢复（83.33%）、维持（77.77%）以及创造和促进（38.88%）。本研究从职业治疗的角度对认知康复移动应用程序的有效性进行了临床验证。
