Table 3: Numbers of Studies According to Research Design and Type of Respite Care and Short-Term Break for Carers for People with Dementia^* (n=51)^†.

	RCTs	Quasi- Experimental	Before and After	Survey/ Postrespite Intervention	Qualitative interviews	Mixed Methods	Other
Day care	2	3	2	7		7
Institutional respite			5	1		6
In-home respite		1		3	2	2
Multi-dimensional carer-support packages	3	1
Respite programmes		1	2
Host-family respite					1
Video respite						1	1
Total	5	6	9	11	3	16	1

Adapted from Arskey H. et al. 2004 (21)

^*RCT indicates randomized controlled trials.

^†Note: Studies add up to 51 because 5 studies in the review evaluated 2 or more forms of respite.