Table 2.

Data extraction themes.

Objective	Extracted data	Details
A	Publication information	Authors, title of the article/journal, year of publication, countries where the study was conducted
B	Outcomes of wellbeing	Functional (ADL, iADL), social (personhood, communication/interaction/relationship), emotional (BPSD, pain, and QoL). Reported effectiveness of intervention on outcomes
C	Study sample	Criteria for diagnosis of dementia, dementia status (mild, moderate, or severe) and subtypes, and any comorbidities listed as inclusion or exclusion criteria
D	Intervention administration	Setting, administering person, frequency (sessions per week), duration (of each session), and length of the full intervention (days, weeks, months)
E	Experimental methods	Reported sample size, study design, data collection methods (observation, survey, interview, etc.), validated instruments used, types of data collected (subjective/objective), caregiver/PwD feedback, comparison therapy/arm
F	VR technical properties	Device(s) used, manufacturer or brand, product name, degrees of freedom, senses stimulated, content, virtual environment (passive vs active), feelings of presence, dementia-related adjustments