Table 1.
Key characteristics of included articles.
| Paper | Methodology | Study design | Setting | Population(s) at risk | Sample size | Intervention group sample size | Control group sample size | Intervention | Study aim |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akobeng (2015) | Quantitative | Randomised controlled trial | Hospital | Young people (aged 8–16 years) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) living at long distances from regional centres | 86 | 44 | 42 | Remote outpatient consultations | To evaluate effectiveness and cost consequences of the intervention compared to face-to-face consultations |
| Crombie (2018) | Quantitative | Randomised controlled trial | Community | Men from areas classified as being in the most disadvantaged quintile | 825 | 411 | 414 | Text messaging intervention | To evaluate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention compared to attentional control text messages on general health topics |
| Hughes (2020) | Mixed-methods | Routine data (quant) and interviews (qual) | Community | Patients categorised as ‘high risk’ and ‘vulnerable’ by NHSE | 781 (quant) 16 (qual) |
- | - | Daily digitally supported conversations | To explore compliance with the intervention aims and assess the experiences of those involved |
| Latif (2019a) | Quantitative | Before/after questionnaire | Community | Marginalised or medically under-served groups |
96 | 62 | 34 | Digital (web-based) education |
To evaluate whether a digital educational intervention could improve staff intention to engage with marginalised groups |
| Latif (2019b) | Qualitative | Interviews | Community | 32 | - | - | To investigate the impact of a novel digital educational intervention (e-learning resource) to improve access in one NHS-funded community pharmacy service known as ‘Medicines Use Reviews’ (MURs) | ||
| Rixon (2017) | Quantitative | Randomised controlled trial | Community | Older primary care patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 447 | 275 | 172 | Telehealth monitoring devices | To evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention on patients’ quality of life |
| Tuijt (2021) | Qualitative | Interviews | Community | Older people living with dementia and their carers | 46 | - | - | Remote primary care consultations | To understand the remote healthcare experiences of patients living with dementia and their family carers during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Turnbull (2020) | Qualitative | Interviews | Community | People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) from low-income and ethnic minority populations | 21 | - | - | Digitally supported chronic condition self-care | To explore how adult users talk about their use of digital interventions for self-management of T2D by examining how they spoke about their identity in relation to their technology use and their illness |
| Turnbull (2021) | Qualitative | Interviews | Community | - | - | To explore how and why people with T2D access and use digital health technologies to help them manage their condition and how experiences vary between individuals and social groups | |||
| Vereenooghe (2017) | Qualitative | Interviews | Community | People with an intellectual disability | 6 | - | - | Digital delivery of psychological therapy | To identify the (a) functions and benefits, (b) challenges and barriers, and (c) required design features of computers in therapy for people with intellectual disability |
| Walters (2017) | Quantitative | Feasibility study, questionnaires | Community | Older people | 454 | - | - | Multi-dimensional Risk Appraisal for Older people (MRA-O) system | To test the feasibility and costs of using HRA-O and SWISH tools combined into a MRA-O |