Table 2.
Number of Studies by Technology Category and Study Type
| Technology Category | Total (Single Studies) | Study Type | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCT | Pilot RCT | Quasi-Experiment | Case-Control | Cohort Study | Mixed Methods | Cross-Sectional | Case Study | Qualitative | User Study | Reviews | |||
| ICT – all | 69 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 14 | |
| ICT | HIS | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| EHR/EMR | 19 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| CDSS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Telecare | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Communication support | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Specific apps | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Other | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Robotic technology | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Monitoring/sensors | 17 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Assistive devices | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| AAL | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Virtual reality | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Multiple technologies | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 123 | 20 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 31 | |
| In percent (of all single studies) | 100 | 16.3 | 3.3 | 27.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 18.7 | 10.6 | 10.6 | ||
Note: Names and values of the subcategories of ICT are in italics.
Abbreviations: ICT, information and communication technologies; EHR, electronic health record; EMR, electronic medical record; CDSS, computerized decision support system; RCT, randomized controlled trial; AAL, ambient assisted living.