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Chatbots and Conversational Agents (648) Dementia and Cognitive Decline (606) Supporting Informal Care and Caregivers (345) Artificial Intelligence (1786) mHealth for Patient Education (270) Supporting Home Care and Family Caregivers (232) Home Care (199) Interventions and Support for Informal Caregivers of People with Mental Illness (111) Reviews in Digital Mental Health (265) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (3693)

Published on in Vol 23, No 6 (2021): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25006, first published .
Chatbots to Support People With Dementia and Their Caregivers: Systematic Review of Functions and Quality

Chatbots to Support People With Dementia and Their Caregivers: Systematic Review of Functions and Quality

Chatbots to Support People With Dementia and Their Caregivers: Systematic Review of Functions and Quality

Authors of this article:

Nicole Ruggiano1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ellen L Brown2 Author Orcid Image ;   Lisa Roberts3 Author Orcid Image ;   C Victoria Framil Suarez4 Author Orcid Image ;   Yan Luo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Zhichao Hao1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vagelis Hristidis5 Author Orcid Image
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