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

Table 7 Study characteristics and findings for skills-based outcomes following online dementia education

Study	Setting	Study design	Comparator	Measure	Results
Chao, Kaas et al. 2016 [52]	Practice	Repeated measures	NA	CCS	Evidence of effect^a
Helms, Denson et al. 2009 [55]	HE	Non-randomised trial	Did not participate in e-module	OSCE clinical note score; OSCE performance	Evidence of effect
Irvine, A. B., Bourgeois et al. 2007 [17]	Practice	Randomised trial	Did not participate in training	Self-efficacy; VST: Self efficacy	Evidence of effect
Irvine, A. Blair, Beaty et al. 2013 [59]	Practice	Before-after	NA	Self-efficacy; VST: Self efficacy	No evidence of effect^b
Tomaz, Jose Batista Cisne, Mamede et al. 2015 [66]	Practice	Controlled before-after	Did not receive training	DD; MMSE	Evidence of effect

CCS Communication Competency Scale, DD Differential diagnosis, HE Higher education, MMSE Mini-mental state examination, NA Not applicable, OSCE Objective structured clinical examination, VST Video situation tests
^aBased on first time point following training
^bThe findings relate to nurses only

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