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Table 5 Summary of intervention effects

From: The characteristics of effective technology-enabled dementia education: a systematic review and mixed research synthesis

Setting

Intervention

Knowledge

Skills

Attitudes

Behaviours

Results

Citation

Long-term care

Online learning

e*

–

e*

–

–

Jones, Moyle [62]

Online learning1

e*

e*

n

e*

p

Chao, Keas et al. [79]

Online learning

e*

–

–

–

–

Hobday, Savik, and Gaugler [71]

Online learning

e*

–

–

–

–

Hobday et al. [72]

Online learning

e*

e*

e*

–

–

Irvine, A. B., Bourgeois et al. [68]

Online learning

e*, 2

p2

e2

–

–

Irvine, A. Blair, Beaty et al. [21]

Simulation (video)

–

–

–

e

e

Tsai, Kitch et al. [77]

Primary care

CD-ROM

–

–

–

e3

–

Downs, Turner et al. [65]

Online learning

e

–

e

–

–

Bentley, Kerr et al. [60]

Online learning

e*, 4

–

–

–

–

Luconi [64]

Online learning1

e*

e*

–

–

–

Tomaz, Jose Batista Cense et al. [76]

Online learning1

e

–

–

–

–

Vollmar, Mayer et al. [69]

Hospital

Online learning

e*

–

–

–

–

Hobday, Gaugler & Mittelman [73]

Various

Tele-mentoring (online)

e*

–

–

–

–

De Witt Jansen, Brazil et al. [61]

Higher Education—Nursing

CD-ROM

e*

e*

e*

–

–

Ruiz, Smith et al. [66]

Online learning1

e*

–

–

–

–

Cobbett, Redmond et al. [74]

Online learning

e

–

n

–

–

Kimzey, Mastel-Smith et al. [63]

Simulation (branch path)

–

e*

–

–

–

Rababa, Masha'al [67]

Higher Education—Medical

Online learning

–

e*

–

–

–

Helms, Denson et al. [78]

Online learning

e*

–

–

p

–

Westmoreland, Counsels et al. [70]

Simulation (clinic)

e*

–

–

–

–

Matsumura, Shinno et al. [75]

  1. e (effective based on direct of effect); e* (effective based on direction of effect and statistical significance where p < 0.05); n (not effective based on direction of effect); p (partial effectiveness based on direction of effect from multiple outcome measures)
  2. 1 Includes a blended learning approach
  3. 2 The findings relate to nurses only
  4. 3 Compared to control group for detection rates
  5. 4 The findings are for MCQ test only