Table 2.
Description of included articles
| Search | Publication Author Project [Ref] | Technology developed | Main characteristics of participants with dementia | Informal caregiver as participant? | Research method (MMAT) | Quality score (MMAT) | ||
| N= | Stage of dementia | Living conditions | ||||||
| 1 | Karlsson et al., 2011 COGKNOW [70] | Platform with reminder system, GPS and sensors for surveillance | 2 | Mild to moderate (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study1 | 100% |
| 1 | Span et al. 2017 DecideGuide [47] | Website/portal | Five research activities: 23; 9; 12; 3; 4 | Mild to moderate | Five participants living in nursing home | No | Qualitative research: Case study | 100% |
| 1 | Meiland et al. 2012 COGKNOW [46] | Platform with reminder system, GPS and sensors for surveillance | Three research activities: 16; 14; 12 | Mild to moderate (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Mixed method research: Embedded design2 | 100% |
| 1 | Lopes et al. 2016 [41] | Item locator | Five research activities: 11; 10; 4; 5; 9 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description3 | 75% |
| 1 | Boman et al. 2014 [43] | Video conferencing | 4 | Mild to moderate (time since diagnosis) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 100% |
| 1 | Wang et al., 2017 [45] | Tele-operated robot | 10 | Mild to severe (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 75% |
| 1 | Peeters et al., 2016 [57] | Music intervention | 5 | Mild to severe | Not reported | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 25% |
| 1 | Meiland et al., 2014 ROSETTA [48] | Sensors for surveillance | Four research activities: 3; 3; 4; 4 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 75% |
| 1 | Suijkerbuijk et al., 2015 [55] | Light armature | 12 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 1 | Olsson et al., 2013 [58] | GPS for localization | 5 | Mild to moderate (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 1 | Boman et al., 2014 [53] | Video conferencing | Two research activities: 2; 4 | Mild to moderate (time since diagnosis) | Not reported | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 1 | Kerkhof et al., 2015 [44] | Reminder system | 7 | Not reported | In nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 1 | Hattink et al., 2016 ROSETTA [54] | Sensors for surveillance | 42 | Mild to severe (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Mixed method research: Embedded design | 75% |
| 1 | Pakrasi et al., 2015 [71] | Video conferencing | 26 | Mild to severe | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 1 | Dethlefs et al., 2017 [52] | Cognitive stimulation | 10 | Mild to moderate (CDR) | Not reported | No | Quantitative research: Quantitative description | 25% |
| 1 | Jacova et al., 2015 [36] | Website / Portal | Two research activities: 5; 6 | Mild (MMSE) | Not reported | No | Mixed method research: Embedded design | 75% |
| 1 | McCabe &Innes, 2013 [72] | GPS for localization | 12 | Not reported | Not reported | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 75% |
| 1 | Wang et al., 2011 [73] | Automated wheelchair | 6 | Mild to moderate (MMSE) | In nursing home | No | Mixed method research: Embedded design | 75% |
| 1 | Hattink et al., 2016 [74] | Website / Portal | Three research activities: 4; 88; 6 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Mixed method research: Embedded design | 50% |
| 1 | Wolters et al., 2016 [65] | Reminder system | Two research activities: 2; 4 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 75% |
| 1 | Begum et al., 2013 Ed [75] | Tele-operated robot | 5 | Mild to severe (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Mixed method research: Sequential explanatory design4 | 50% |
| 2 | Alm et al., 2004 CIRCA [35] | Reminiscence platform | Three research activities: Multiple; 6; 9 | Mild to severe (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 2 | Van Rijn et al., 2010 [37] | Group activity intervention | Two research activities: group; 12 | Not reported | Not reported | Yes | Qualitative research: Narrative5 | 50% |
| 2 | Span et al., 2015 DecideGuide [49] | Website / Portal | 4 | Mild (Reisberg scale) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 3 | Hagethorn et al., 2008 [38] | GPS for navigation | Three research activities: 7,4,6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not clear | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 50% |
| 3 | Cohene, Baecker &Marziali, 2005 [42] | Lifelogging system | 1 | Moderate | In nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 75% |
| 3 | Nugent et al., 2011 [76] | Reminder system | 4 | Mild (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 25% |
| 3 | Alm et al., 2005 CIRCA [77] | Reminiscence platform | Two research activities: 40, 18 | Mild to severe (MMSE) | In nursing home | Not clear | Mixed methods: Embedded design | 25% |
| 3 | De Beer et al., 2010 [23] | Medicine dispenser | Two different activities: individuals; 2 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 3 | Morán &Meza-Kubo, 2009 [78] | Cognitive stimulation | 10 | Not reported | In nursing home | No | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 50% |
| 3 | Gibson et al., 2016 [56] | App for reminiscence | 7 | Not reported | At home | Yes | Mixed method: Case report6 | 50% |
| 3 | Wan et al., 2016 [79] | GPS for localization | 2 | Not reported | 1 in nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 50% |
| 3 | Morrissey et al., 2016 [24] | Music intervention | Different research activities: multiple users at multiple sites | Not reported | In nursing home | No | Qualitative research: Ethnography7 | 75% |
| 3 | König et al., 2016 [80] | Reminder system | 12 | Mild to moderate | In nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 50% |
| 3 | Bennett, Hinder &Cater, 2016 [25] | Music intervention in rocking chair | Three research activities: individual and groups; 8; group | Not reported | In nursing home | No | Qualitative research: Ethnography | 25% |
| 3 | Wu et al., 2016 [26] | GPS for navigation | Three research activities: 10; several; 5 | Mild | Not reported | No | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 3 | Ly et al., 2015 [27] | Sensors and lighting cues for indoor navigation | Three research activities: several; 12; 4 | Moderate to severe | In nursing home | No | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 0% |
| 3 | Holbø, Bøthun &Dahl, 2013 [39] | GPS for navigation | Three research activities: 3; 3; 3 | Mild | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 75% |
| 3 | Mayer &Zach, 2013 [51] | Platform with reminder system and communication | Three research activities: 5,6,5 | Mild to moderate | Not reported | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 3 | Jordan et al., 2013 [33] | Platform for communication | Two research activities: 2; 5 | Mild to moderate | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 100% |
| 3 | Lindsay et al., 2012 [17] | GPS for localization | Different research activities: 16, 2 | Mild to moderate | At home and in nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description and Case study | 50% |
| 3 | Schneider et al., 2013 [28] | Platform with reminder system and communication | Different research activities: 3, 9, group | Not reported | Not reported | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 3 | Boyd et al., 2014 [29] | Video conferencing | Three research activities; groups, groups, 2 | Mild to moderate (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Case study | 25% |
| 3 | Donnelly et al., 2010 [30] | Reminder system | Two research activities; individuals, 4 | Mild (MMSE) | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 50% |
| 3 | Nugent et al., 2008 COGKNOW [81] | Platform with reminder system, GPS and sensors for surveillance | Two research activities: 17, 16 | Mild | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 25% |
| 3 | Lee &Dey, 2007 [40] | Lifelogging system | Two research activities: 5; 5 | Mild to moderate | At home | Yes | Qualitative research: Ethnography and qualitative description | 75% |
| 3 | Tobiasson et al., 2015 [50] | Game for physical exercise | Different activities: 10, 12 | Moderate to severe | In nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 3 | Huldtgren et al., 2016 [31] | Reminiscence in book | Different research activities: groups, 8 | Not reported | In nursing home | No | Qualitative research: Qualitative description | 100% |
| 3 | Lazar et al. 2017 [32] | Platform for communication and social sharing | Different research activities: group and individuals; 2 | Not reported | In nursing home | Yes | Qualitative research: Ethnography and case study | 100% |
1“In-depth exploration and/or explanation of issues intrinsic to a particular case. A case can be anything from a decision-making process, to a person, an organization, or a country.” [20]. 2“The qualitative and quantitative components are concomitant. The purpose is to support a qualitative study with a quantitative sub-study (measures), or to better understand a specific issue of a quantitative study using a qualitative sub-study.” [20]. 3“There is no specific methodology, but a qualitative data collection and analysis, e.g., in-depth interviews or focus groups, and hybrid thematic analysis (inductive and deductive.” [20]. 4“The quantitative component is followed by the qualitative. The purpose is to explain quantitative results using qualitative findings.” [20]. 5“The study analyses life experiences of an individual or a group.” [20]. 6“A collection of individuals with similar characteristics are used to describe an outcome.“ [20]. 7“The aim of the study is to describe and interpret the shared cultural behaviour of a group of individuals.” [20].