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Table 8 Study characteristics and findings for studies reporting attitudinal change 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

GPACS-D

Evidence of effecta

Chao, Kaas et al. 2016 [52]

Practice

Repeated measures

NA

CSAS-C

No evidence of effectb

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

Practice

Randomised trial

Did not participate in training

Attitudes; behavioural Intentions

Evidence of effect

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

Practice

Before-after

NA

Attitudes; behavioural intentions

Partial evidence of effectc (multiple outcome measures)

Jones, Moyle 2016 [60]

Practice

Before-after

NA

ASKAS: attitude; SAID

Evidence of effect

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

HE

Controlled before-after

Usual practice; experiential learning

DAS

No evidence of effect

  1. ASKAS Ageing Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale, CSAS-C Communications Skills Attitudes Scale–Chinese version, DAS Dementia Attitudes Scale, GPACS-D Confidence and Attitudes Towards Dementia Scale, HE Higher education, NA not applicable, SAID Staff Attitudes about Intimacy and Dementia Survey
  2. aBased on descriptive statistics
  3. bBased on first time point following training
  4. cThe findings related to nurses only