Baldelli 2002.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	N = 87 (61F/26M) 'Degenerative senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (SDAT)' (N = 46) and “vascular multi‐infarct dementia” (N = 41) Mean MMSE 20.7 (SD 3.0) Mean age 80.0 (range 65‐97) Resident in subacute care nursing home All had at least elementary schooling. "All had comorbid conditions consisting of vascular accidents with acute motor deficits of recent onset".
Interventions	RO + physical therapy programme (N = 71) Physical therapy programme only (N = 16)
Outcomes	Cognition: MMSE Mood: Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS‐30) ADL: Barthel
Notes	60 minutes, 5 days per week for one month
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Stated by email that their trials were randomised (with no detail of the methods used)
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Stated by email that their trials were randomised (with no detail of the methods used)
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	No details of assessors given
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Zero attrition reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	Scores for all measures reported
Other bias ‐ training and supervision	Unclear risk	No information given on therapists
Other bias ‐ treatment manual	Unclear risk	No information given ‐ 'ROT sessions'