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SynthesisBMC geriatrics2022

The impact of assistive devices on community-dwelling older adults and their informal caregivers: a systematic review.

Keshini Madara Marasinghe, Ashok Chaurasia, Maisha Adil, Qian Yue Liu, Teeyaa Ibrahim Nur, Mark Oremus

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
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Synthesis in BMC geriatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Keshini Madara MarasingheSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Ashok ChaurasiaSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Maisha AdilSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Qian Yue LiuSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Teeyaa Ibrahim NurSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Mark OremusSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada. moremus@uwaterloo.ca.
University of Waterloo · CAUniversity of British Columbia Hospital · CAUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this systematic review is to assess the impact of assistive devices on the life satisfaction of (Research Question 1), and informal caregiving hours received by (Research Question 2), community-dwelling older adults (≥ 65 years).

methodsWe searched CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Scopus from database inception to March 2022. For each question, two reviewers independently screened citations, extracted and narratively synthesized the data, and assessed article quality and strength of evidence.

resultsOf the 1391 citations screened, we found two articles pertaining to each question, for a total of four articles. In general, assistive device use was not associated with life satisfaction, while it was positively associated with informal caregiving hours. However, the risk of bias was serious across the two studies for Research Question 1, and the overall quality of evidence was "very low". The risk of bias was not serious across the two studies included in Research Question 2 and the overall quality of evidence was "low".

conclusionDue to the scarcity of studies, the limitations of existing studies (i.e., risk of bias), and the evidence being low or very low quality, we could not draw firm conclusions about the associations of interest. Additional research will produce a better understanding of the two relationships and provide further evidence to inform policy decisions regarding the provision and funding of assistive devices for community-dwelling older adults.

trial registrationThis systematic review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) database of systematic reviews (identification number: CRD42021248929 ).

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Independent LivingSelf-Help DevicesAgedCaregiversHumansAssistive devicesAssistive technologiesCommunity-dwelling older adultsInformal caregiversSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID36424533
PMCPMC9686024
OpenAlexW4309890101

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