| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Amrani 2019 | No appropriate comparator |
| Andrade 2018 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Avila 2007 | No appropriate comparator |
| Baglio 2015 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Bourgeois 2016 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Brueggen 2017 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Buschert 2011 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Callahan 2017 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Chen 2020 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Ciro 2014 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Davis 2001 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| De Vreese 1998 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Fortinsky 2016 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Galik 2014 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Gitlin 2001 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Gitlin 2010 | Inappropriate level of dementia severity |
| Gitlin 2021 | Does not meet participant criteria |
| Graff 2006 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Howard 2021 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Jeon 2019 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Jiménez Palomares 2021 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Juárez‐Cedillo 2020 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Kelly 2019 | Not RCT |
| Kim 2015 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Koivisto 2013 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Kumar 2013 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Kurz 2012 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| Lam 2010 | No appropriate comparator |
| Liesk 2012 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Livelli 2015 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Moniz‐Cook 1998 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Mountain 2022 | CR part of a multicomponent intervention (CR < 80%) |
| O'Connor 2019 | Inappropriate level of dementia severity |
| Oliveira 2021 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Orgeta 2019 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Pedroso 2018 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Poon 2005 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Regan 2017 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Reuster 2010 | Other ‐ insufficient amount of data in the available unpublished sources and no intention to publish the results in full |
| Santos 2011 | CR not distinguished in a multicomponent intervention |
| Schecker 2013 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| SeungHyun 2017 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Straubmeier 2017 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Tappen 1994 | No dementia diagnosis according to established criteria |
| Vanova 2018 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
| Voigt‐Radloff 2017 | No appropriate comparator |
| Wenborn 2021 | Does not meet intervention criteria |
CR: cognitive rehabilitation RCT: randomised controlled trial