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Table 6 Study characteristics and findings for knowledge-based outcomes following online dementia education

From: Establishing the effectiveness of technology-enabled dementia education for health and social care practitioners: a systematic review

Study

Setting

Study design

Comparator

Measure

Results

Bentley, Kerr et al. 2019 [14]

Practice

Before-after

NA

DKAS

Evidence of effecta

Chao, Kaas et al. 2016 [52]

Practice

Repeated measures

NA

CKS-C

Evidence of effectb

Cobbett, Redmond et al. 2016 [53]

HE

Controlled before-after

Did not participate in online training

MCQc

Evidence of effect

De Witt Jansen, Brazil et al. 2018 [54]

Practice

Before-after

NA

ECHO Questionnaired

Evidence of effect

Hobday, Savik, and Gaugler 2010 [57]

Practice

Before-after

NA

Knowledge Inventory

Evidence of effect

Hobday et al. 2010 [58]

Practice

Before-after

NA

Dementia Care Knowledge

Evidence of effect

Hobday, Gaugler and Mittelman 2017 [56]

Practice

Before-after

NA

Dementia Care Knowledge

Evidence of effect

Irvine, A. B., Bourgeois et al. 2007 [17]

Practice

Randomised trial

Did not participate in training

VST: knowledge

Evidence of effect

Irvine, A. Blair, Beaty et al. 2013 [59]

Practice

Before-after

NA

VST: knowledge

Evidence of effecte

Jones, Moyle 2016 [60]

Practice

Before-after

NA

ASKAS: knowledge

Evidence of effect

Kimzey, Mastel-Smith et al. 2016 [61]

HE

Controlled before-after

Usual practice; Experiential learning

ADKS

No evidence of effect

Luconi 2008 [62]

Practice

Repeated measures

NA

MCQ; clinical cases

Partial evidence of effectb (multiple outcome measures)

Tomaz, Jose Batista Cisne, Mamede et al. 2015 [66]

Practice

Controlled before-after

Did not receive training

Knowledge test

Evidence of effect

Vollmar, Mayer et al. 2010 [68]

Practice

Randomised trial

Traditional lecture

Knowledge test

No evidence of effect

Westmoreland, Counsell et al. 2010 [69]

HE

Randomised trial

Paper-based learning

Knowledge test

Evidence of effect

  1. ADKS Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale, ASKAS Ageing Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale, CKS-C Communication Knowledge Scale–Chinese version, DKAS Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, HE Higher education, MCQ Multiple choice question, NA Not applicable, VST Video situation test
  2. aBased on descriptive statistics
  3. bBased on first time point following training
  4. cMeasured comprehension, application, and critical thinking
  5. dMeasured knowledge and self-efficacy
  6. eThe findings related to nurses only