Ballantyne et al. [30] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people |
Weekly visits first, then fewer; phone calls at most 1 h/week |
Blažun et al. [32] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people |
Training once a week; 4 h in Finland and 3 h in Slovenia |
Cattan et al. [43] |
One-to-one |
Volunteers (predefined) |
Variable number of weekly calls |
Cotten et al. [34] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people |
Eight-week training (data from first 2 weeks) |
Dodge et al. [44] |
One-to-one |
Predefined (trained interviewers) |
Video chat 30–35 min/day; 5 days/week |
Fokkema and Knipscheer [41] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people, other participants, acquaintances |
5 × 2 h lessons; visits every 2–3 weeks |
Garattini et al. [45] |
Online group |
Family and friends, other participants |
4 × 1 h visits; messages via app; weekly calls (extra calls for technical issues) |
Larsson et al. [39] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people, and other participants |
Individual meeting offered weekly, group meeting every 2 weeks |
Machesney et al. [40] |
One-to-one |
Predefined (trained helpers) |
Visits and phone calls, available 24/7 |
Széman et al. [41] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people, and acquaintances |
1 × 1.5 h lesson; 1 h visits twice a week |
White et al. [42] |
Online group |
Family and friends, new people |
3 × 2 h lessons, three 1 h lessons; trainer visits 2 h/week |
Baez et al. [46] |
Online group |
Other participants, predefined (coach) |
1.5 h training model before baseline; support messages/calls |
Czaja et al. [35] |
Online group |
Family and friends, other participants |
Initial setup, 3x check visits, calls at week 1, months 3 and 9 |
Banbury et al. [47] |
Online group |
Family and friends, predefined (facilitator), and other participants |
Minimal training |
Barbosa et al. [48] |
One-to-one |
Family and friends, acquaintances |
Individual training at before deployment; weekly support visits |
Chiu and Wu [33] |
Online group |
Family and friends |
90-min ICT training sessions weekly for 12 weeks |
Gutierrez et al. [36] |
Online group |
Family and friends |
Unaccounted frequency, support provided by family member |
Isaacson et al. [49] |
Online group |
Family and friends, other participants |
Visit for setup and training and after 4–5 weeks |
Jarvis et al. [37] |
Online group |
Family and friends, predefined (facilitator) |
8x 90-min training session (during first 4 weeks), then weekly support visits |
Jarvis et al. [38] |
Online group |
Family and friends, other participants |
2x 90-min training session/week over 15 days, then weekly support visits |
Morton et al. [50] |
Online group |
Family and friends, other participants, and acquaintances |
3x 90-min training/week (month 1); session every 2 weeks, 1 h remote support alternate weeks (month 2), then 1 month of remote support and no visits |
Myhre et al. [51] |
Online group |
Other participants |
3 × 2 h training session for a week |
Barbosa et al. [52] |
One-to-one |
Family and friends |
1x individual training session, then weekly visits |
Pauly et al. [53] |
Online group |
Family and friends |
2x training sessions before intervention, 3 h customized workshop during intervention |
Tomasino et al. [54] |
Online group |
Other participants, predefined (coach) |
Remote support throughout the study |