Table 1.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion

Exclusion

Older people with dementia Parkinson’s disease with dementia Residential aged care Assisted living Specialist dementia unit Psychotherapeutic intervention RCTs Use of a validated tool that measures anxiety

People without dementia People with MCI Caregivers Other mental health issues Population-based studies Home care/primary care/memory clinic Inpatient or outpatient of a hospital Community-dwelling Drug intervention Individual case studies/case reports Prevalence studies Case–control studies RCT protocol Narrative reviews or systematic reviews Opinion pieces or commentary Global or subjective assessment of anxiety Cognitive assessment only