Table 2.
Eligibility Criteria.
| Eligibility Criteria | |
|---|---|
| Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
| Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating interventions targeted exclusively at informal caregivers of older adults (65+) OR living with age-related conditions • If reported explicitly by the review, the average age of participants of included studies was 65 years or older • Age-related conditions included heart failure, Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementias, or chronic kidney disease (if the diagnosis was unclear, authors met to mutually agree on study eligibility) |
Systematic reviews of RCTs evaluating interventions targeted as caregivers of adults (<65) or pediatric populations |
| Reviews reported on outcomes of the intervention for informal caregivers, including depression, burden and/or quality of life | Caregiver outcomes collected for care-recipient focused interventions |
| Published in the last 5 years (January 2018–January 2023) | Published before January 2018 |
| Published in the English language | Not available in English |
| Manuscripts that did not report on a form of knowledge synthesis (systematic review, scoping review, etc.) | |
| Reviews that included non-RCT studies | |