OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of smartphone-based hospital-family transitional care on symptom burden and quality of life in elderly patients with depression. METHODS: This study retrospective analyzed the clinical data of 168 elderly patients with depression admitted to our hospital from January 2022 to January 2024. A total of 79 patients were included in the reference group (routine transitional management), and 89 subjects were included in the observation group (smartphone-based hospital-family transitional care). The symptom burden and quality of life in both groups before and after m...
