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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/83123, first published .
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Effects of the Digital App “Support, Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia” (SMART4MD) on People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Informal Caregivers: 18-Month Multicenter Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of the Digital App “Support, Monitoring and Reminder Technology for Mild Dementia” (SMART4MD) on People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Informal Caregivers: 18-Month Multicenter Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Zartashia Ghani   1 * , PhD ;   Poe Eindra Thant   2 * , MS ;   Sanjib Saha   2 , PhD ;   Peter Anderberg   1 , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Maria Quintana Aparicio   3 , PhD, Prof Dr ;   Pilar Barnestein-Fonseca   4 , MHS, DSC ;   Selim Cellek   5 , PhD, Prof Dr, MD ;   Fermín Mayoral Cleries   6 , MD, PhD ;   Maite Garolera   3 , PhD ;   Gloria Guerrero-Pertiñez   6, 7 , PhD ;   Karen Hayden   8 , MSc ;   Carmel Moore   8 , PhD ;   Jufen Zhang   8 , PhD ;   Johan Sanmartin Berglund   1 , PhD, Prof Dr Med ;   Johan Jarl   2 , PhD

1 Department of Health, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden

2 Health Economics Unit, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

3 Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Clinical Research Group, Consorcio Sanitario de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

4 Research Unit, Instituto CUDECA de Estudios e Investigación en Cuidados Paliativos, Fundación CUDECA, Málaga, Spain

5 Medical Technology Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University, Peterborough, United Kingdom

6 Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Salud Mental, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

7 Grupo C-03: Investigación Básica, Clínica y Epidemiológica en Salud Mental, IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

8 Anglia Ruskin Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Education Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Zartashia Ghani, PhD
  • Department of Health
  • Blekinge Institute of Technology
  • Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
  • Valhallavägen 1
  • Karlskrona 37141
  • Sweden
  • Phone: 46 455385000
  • Email: zartashia.ghani@bth.se