Digital Dementia Education and Training for Informal Carers: A Scoping Review.

This was a scoping review, not a trial or effectiveness review, so it cannot show whether digital dementia education improves carer or patient outcomes. The authors did not formally appraise the quality of the 18 included studies, so risk of bias in those studies was not assessed. The included studies varied in intervention design, duration and outcome measures, making direct comparison difficult. Most studies were from well-resourced settings, limiting transfer to low- and middle-income areas with poor digital infrastructure and lower digital literacy. Only English-language articles met inclusion criteria, despite searching Chinese databases, narrowing cultural and language coverage. Many studies did not describe intervention components or theoretical underpinnings in enough detail to know what to replicate. The article does not state the total number of informal carers represented by the 18 studies.

The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Do not read this as evidence that digital dementia education works. It mapped 18 studies and reported outcome indicators, but it did not test intervention effects, did not appraise study quality, and the studies were heterogeneous.