Table 2.
Keywords and protocol characteristics.
| Author name and year | Keywords | Randomized trial | Sample size, baseline (f/ua) | Age range (mean) | Recruitment in care home | Control group | >1 f/u | Length of training (intervention) |
| White et al (2002) [27] | Older people; social isolation; internet; psychosocial impact | *b | 100 (84) | 59-83 (71.5) | * | Pc | no | 9 h (20 w) |
| Fokkema & Knipscheer (2007) [28] | N/Ad | no | 21 (12) | 66+ (N/A) | no | Ve | * | 10 h (3 yrs) |
| Shapira et al (2007) [29] | Internet; senior well-being; personal sense of empowerment; Israel | no | 46 (39) | 70-93 (81.2) | * | Af | no | 20 h (15 w) |
| Siegers et al (2008) [30] | Computer use; internet; well-being | * | 236 (211) | 64-75 (N/A) | no | P,P | * | 4 h (54 w) |
| Woodward et al (2010) [31] | Gerontology; information and communication technologies; older adults; computer training; social support; mental health | * | 83 (83) | 60-89 (71.8) | no | P | * | 24 h (24 w) |
| Blažun et al (2012) [32] | Older people; loneliness; computer training course; socialization; health; well-being | no | 58 (45) | 58-93 (72.9) | * | no | no | 4 h (3 w) |
| Cotten et al (2012) [33] | Computers; internet; loneliness; social isolation; older adults; independent living; assistant living facilities | * | 205 (205) | N/A (82.7) | * | A,P | * | N/A (8 w) |
| Myhre et al (2017) [34] | Executive functions; social interaction; social media; technology; training; working memory | * | 43 (41) | 75-86 (81.7 / 75.7?) | * | A,P | no | 6 h (8 w) |
| Larsson et al (2016) [35] | Loneliness; social activities; social contact | * | 30 (30) | 61-89 (71.2) | no | P | * | N/A |
| Quinn (2018) [36] | Older adults; executive functions; social media training; experiment | * | 34 | N/A (76.5) | no | P | * | 8 h (4 w) |
| Morton et al (2018) [37] | computers; internet; social connections; cognitive capacity; well-being | * | 97 (76) | 60-95 (80.7) | * not exclusive | P,Dg | no | 18 h (12 w) |
af/u: follow-up.
a*: yes, not available, or not declared in paper.
aP: passive control group or waiting list.
aN/A: not applicable.
aV: virtual control group by online survey.
aA: active control group.
aD: double intervention with different place of living and two control groups.