Table 2 Characteristics of selected articles (n = 43)

 2000–2005

8

1

2

11 (26%)

 2006–2010

7

2

1

10 (23%)

 2011–2015

4

1

1

6 (14%)

 2016–2020

11

1

1

2

1

16 (37%)

 United States

6

1

1

1

9 (21%)

 Canada

3

3 (7%)

 Denmark

1

1 (2%)

 Finland

1

1 (2%)

 Italy

1

1 (2%)

 Netherlands

7

1

1

9 (21%)

 Norway

1

1 (2%)

 Spain

1

1 (2%)

 Sweden

4

1

4 (9%)

 Switzerland

2

2 (5%)

 Switzerland and Netherlands

1

1 (2%)

 United Kingdom

1

1

2 (5%)

 Australia

1

1

2 (5%)

 New Zealand

1

1

2 (5%)

 Hong Kong

1

1 (2%)

 South Korea

1

1 (2%)

 Taiwan

1

1

2 (5%)

 ≥65

8

3

11 (25%)

 > 65

1

1

2 (5%)

 ≥70

4

4 (9%)

 > 70

2

2 (5%)

 ≥75

12

1

1

2

2

18 (42%)

 > 75

2

2 (5%)

 ≥80

3

3 (7%)

 70 to 84

1

1 (2%)

 Home

18

1

1

2

3

25 (58%)

 Primary care setting: General practice, elderly medical centre

5

1

1

1

8 (19%)

 Home and general practice

1

1 (2%)

 Home and phone

2

2 (5%)

 Secondary or Tertiary care setting: Outpatient geriatric clinic, outpatient geriatric unit, outpatient geriatric medical centre

3

2

5 (12%)

 Geriatric clinic and phone

1

1 (2%)

 Location not specified (but care setting confirmed to be in the community)

1

1 (2%)

 Nurse

16

1

2

1

2

22 (51%)

 Geriatrician

1

1

2 (5%)

 Geriatrician, nurse

2

1

3 (7%)

 Geriatrician, nurse, social worker

1

1

2 (5%)

 General practitioner, nurse

1

1

2 (5%)

 Nurse, occupational therapist

1

1 (2%)

 Physiotherapist, social worker

1

1 (2%)

 Nurse, physiotherapist, social worker

1

1 (2%)

 Nurse, social worker, pharmacist

2

2 (5%)

 Multidisciplinary team

4

1

1

6 (14%)

 Trained interviewers

1

1 (2%)