Web-based interventions to improve mental health, general caregiving outcomes, and general health for informal caregivers of adults with chronic conditions living in the community: Rapid evidence review

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Full-text report

Full-text report (free)
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2016
Year Published

2017
Quality Rating

3/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (12); Netherlands (3); Canada (2); UK (2); Belgium (1); France (1); Germany (1); Greece (1); Spain (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

USA (12); Netherlands (3); Canada (2); UK (2); Belgium (1); France (1); Germany (1); Greece (1); Spain (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Community
Health system
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
By whom care is provided
Skill mix - Volunteers or caregivers
With what supports is care provided
Other ICT that support individuals who provide care
Implementation strategies
Consumer-targeted strategy
Information or education provision
(Personal) Support
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Technologies
Devices
Providers
Caregivers

Publication details

Citation

Ploeg J, Markle-Reid M, Valaitis R, McAiney C, Duggleby W, Bartholomew A, et al. Web-Based interventions to improve mental health, general caregiving outcomes, and general health for informal caregivers of adults with chronic conditions living in the community: Rapid evidence review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2017;19(7):e263.
DOI

10.2196/jmir.7564

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