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Limited app use adds a twist to a nurse-led dementia risk trial (opens in a new tab)

news-medical.net · 2026-10-28

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A multidomain, nurse-led, mobile health-supported intervention for dementia risk reduction in primary care (HAPPI MIND): a pragmatic, single-blind, two-arm, cluster randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific · 2026
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedThe intervention group showed significantly greater improvement on the ANU-ADRI than the control group, with 56% versus 44% of participants improving and an adjusted between-group difference of 1.6 points.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedAcross 31 Australian general practices, nurses combined personalized lifestyle counseling with smartphone technology to explore whether changing midlife habits could influence future dementia risk.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedA new study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific evaluated a nurse-led, mobile health-supported behavioral intervention among middle-aged adults for improving estimated dementia risk profiles.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedThe HAPPI MIND trial was a pragmatic, single-blind, two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial in Australian primary care with practices randomized to intervention or control.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedThe groups did not differ significantly on cognition, quality of life, cardiovascular risk, psychosocial measures, or other secondary outcomes.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article says app use was limited, and the independent effect of the mHealth component remains unclear; longer-term follow-up is needed to assess sustainability, generalisability, cost-effectiveness, and clinical or cognitive impact.View evidenceHide evidence

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A multidomain, nurse-led, mobile health-supported intervention for dementia risk reduction in primary care (HAPPI MIND): a pragmatic, single-blind, two-arm, cluster randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific · 2026

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Crossref, Europe PMC, PubMed · 41 candidate papers

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A multidomain, nurse-led, mobile health-supported intervention for dementia risk reduction in primary care (HAPPI MIND): a pragmatic, single-blind, two-arm, cluster randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific · 2026 · Crossref

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