Building trust in long-term care settings using assistive technology: a systematic review.

The review did not formally assess study quality, so included articles may vary in methodological rigor. Full-text screening was done by one reviewer, which can increase selection error. It included only peer-reviewed evidence syntheses after 2000 and excluded grey literature, so relevant reports may be missing. The authors report that trust terms were inconsistently defined across articles, which made interpretation difficult. The review used thematic synthesis rather than quantitative effect estimates, and the authors say the limited assistive technology types made comparisons difficult. Findings cover many chronic conditions and settings, so they may not apply to every disease or care context. The evidence base was 32 articles, which is small for broad trust claims.

The authors declared no financial support for the research, authorship, or publication.

Do not conclude that assistive technology automatically builds trust or improves long-term care. The review found trust depends on device reliability, ease, privacy, caregiver support, and realistic expectations, and it included no formal quality assessment or measured treatment effects.