4. Length, duration, and delivery mode of the interventions .
Study | Intervention duration | Total number of sessions | Session frequency | Session duration | Total direct intervention | Session format | Intervention settings |
Amieva 2016* | 3 months therapy and 21 months maintenance |
Therapy sessions: 14 Maintenance sessions: 16 |
Therapy sessions: weekly in the first 3 months Maintenance sessions: 6‐weekly over 21 months |
90 minutes | Therapy sessions: 21 hours Maintenance sessions: 24 hours** |
Individual | Not specified |
Clare 2010 | 8 weeks | 8 | Weekly | 60 minutes | 8 hours | Individual | Home |
Clare 2019 | 3 months therapy and 6 months maintenance | Therapy sessions: 10 Maintenance sessions: 4 |
Therapy sessions: weekly in the first 3 months Maintenance sessions: 6‐weekly over 6 months |
60 minutes | Therapy sessions: 10 hours Maintenance sessions: 4 hours |
Individual | Home |
Clarkson 2022 | 4 weeks | 4 (2 optional) | 4 weekly sessions, 1st and 4th in person and 2nd and 3rd optional telephone follow‐ups | Protocol stipulated up to 6 hours of contact overall; a nested sub‐study reported an average of 3 hours | 2 to 4 hours (most participants opted for 4 hours) | Individual | Home/telephone |
Hindle 2018 | 8 weeks | 8 | Weekly | 60 minutes | 8 hours | Individual | Home |
Thivierge 2014 | 4 weeks | 8 | Twice a week | 45 to 60 minutes | 8 hours | Individual | Home |
*Care partners received telephone contact of frequency matching the CR sessions.
**Number of hours calculated based on authors’ description.