Table 2.
Summary Characteristics of Included Studies
| Characteristics | Description
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Studies of Needs | Studies of CM | |
| Continent/country: | ||
| Americas, (16 studies) | USA61,62,66,73,74,76,81,85,91,93,95,97 | USA14–16 |
| Canada84 | ||
| Europe (21 studies) | UK20,52,53,64,69,72,77,78,83,84,99 | UK20 |
| The Netherlands17,19,54,75,79,86 | The Netherlands17,19 | |
| Sweden21,22,70 | Sweden21,22 | |
| Norway97 | Belgium18 | |
| Italy85 | ||
| Oceania (5 studies) | Australia65,67,88,98 | … |
| New Zealand71 | ||
| Asia (7 studies) | China68 | … |
| Hong Kong90,96 | ||
| Singapore59 | ||
| Japan82 | ||
| Pakistan57 | ||
| Turkey58 | ||
| Africa (1 study) | Tanzania55 | … |
| Multiple countries (3 studies) | UK – Poland87 | … |
| USA - Canada56 | ||
| Germany – UK – France – Poland – Spain – Luxembourg94 | ||
| Type of studies | 12 NRS74–86 | 5 RCTs14,16–19 |
| 11 quantitative descriptive studies87–97 | 2 NRS15,20 | |
| 22 qualitative studies52–73 | 1 quantitative descriptive study21,22 | |
| 1 mixed methods study98 | ||
| Demographic characteristics of participants | ||
| Age of patients (caregivers), mean, y | 77 (58) | 79 (61) |
| Type of dementiaa | ||
| Alzheimer’s disease, % | 59.8 | 57.6 |
| Vascular dementia, % | 14.0 | 17.0 |
| Early onset of dementia | 3 studies53,54,88 | |
| Frontotemporal dementia | 2 studies56,89 | |
| Severity of dementia | Mild to moderate | Mild to moderate |
CM = case management; NRS = nonrandomized studies; RCT = randomized controlled trial.
a
All studies concerned mild-to-moderate dementia. Percentages given are percentages of patients in pooled study populations.