| Include | Exclude |
---|---|---|
Population | Carers (any age) of people aged 50 + years, and carers aged 50 + years (of any aged care recipient). Study populations without age criteria, but which described carers or care recipients as older or diagnosed with dementia, were eligible. |  |
Intervention | Interventions that comprised one or more of the following components: aids and adaptations, therapeutic support (e.g. counselling, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy), physical therapy or exercise/activity, respite, pain management, physical skills training, befriending and peer support, financial information and advice, and generic education/advice. Interventions targeted at carers, or dyadic interventions for both care recipient and carer if there is a clear component designed for the carer. | Interventions for care recipients only. |
Comparator | Any comparator including usual care, or no comparator (i.e. before and after). | Â |
Outcome | Any measure of the following: mental health, physical health, carer ‘burden’, financial wellbeing, social wellbeing (including relationships), and quality of life. |  |
Study design | Quantitative evaluative study designs (randomised controlled trials, randomised trials with two intervention arms and no standard care/no intervention arm, non-randomised controlled trials, and before and after studies). Studies published in English from OECD high-income countries; studies published in the last 10 years (2013–2023). | Qualitative evaluations. |