Leader: Fabrizia Mantovani (UNIMIB); Other collaborator(s): UNIMIB/UNIMOL/BETA80
To maintain and increase the cognitive reserve in patients with respiratory and heart failure and their caregivers, we will monitor cognitive function in the home setting, to screen disabilities in the early stages of their onset. Monitoring of disease-specific risk factors, participation in daily living activities, and the well-being of patient and caregiver will complement the at-home multi-component monitoring approach. We will design and integrate this comprehensive approach into the e-health platform used within this WP. Patients’ and caregivers’ data collected remotely will be made available to the case manager through a dashboard, co-designed to the purpose, to screen patients and caregiver and prompt engagement and participation to the program.
Brief description of the activities and of the intermediate results
The customization of a web application for dyads functional assessment (i.e. 6-minute walking test), tools for quality of life, caregiver-patient dyad relationship and technology usability to be connected to the e-health patients management platform is underway
Cognitive assessment for prevention of impairment in the enrolled dyads is part of the multidisciplinary frailty assessment tool developed for dyad assessment.
The e-health based patients and caregiver management platform has almost been completed and coupled with the available wearable monitoring devices. Although not completed, the platform's core functions have been showed in the meeting held in Termoli (CB) on the 12 of september.