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.