Table 1 Study inclusion criteria
Category | Criteria |
|---|---|
Population | Women who are 65 years and older (≥50% of the whole population studied), with or without health conditions |
Intervention | Technology-based interventions (i.e. examining the purpose and application of the intervention, intervention exposure, outcome variables assessed/measured, and whether the design of the intervention material is tailored to women or the epidemic/pandemic context) |
Comparison | Non-technology-based interventions |
Outcome | Reported characteristics and effectiveness of the technology-based interventions. For instance, if the interventions were tailored to improve participants’ mental health amid COVID-19, then our team will record the mechanisms of the interventions that aim to elevate the participants’ mental health, and the corresponding measures that the reviewed studies adopted to gauge the changes in the respondents’ mental health (e.g. anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder). Below are more specific examples: • Changes in physical health (e.g. walking distance, fall frequencies, frailty symptoms.) • Changes in mental health (e.g. anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal attempts) • Changes in quality of life (e.g. life satisfaction, happiness, perceived health status) |
Research design | Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs |