ArticlePloS one2025
Navigating the dementia caregiving journey: A scoping review protocol of interventions and their responsiveness to caregivers' evolving needs across the illness trajectory.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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.
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.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- The Impact of Dementia Caregiving on the Health of the Spousal Caregiver.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
Abstract
introductionFamily caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) provide critical and often sustained support across the dementia trajectory. Despite growing recognition of their evolving needs, many interventions remain episodic and not tailored to different caregiving phases. Frameworks like the Timing It Right (TIR) and the Caregiver-Identified Phases of Alzheimer's Disease (CIP-AD) offer structured approaches to understanding how caregiver needs change over time. However, little is known about whether current interventions align with these phase-specific needs.
objectivesThis scoping review aims to (1) explore the extent to which existing dementia caregiving interventions address different stages of the caregiving journey or dementia progression; (2) summarize and characterize these interventions using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist; and (3) identify characteristics of the populations targeted by these interventions.
methodsFollowing JBI methodology and the PRISMA-ScR checklist, we will conduct a scoping review of randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials, and quasi-experimental studies focused on interventions for unpaid family caregivers of community-dwelling PWD. Studies will be included if they address at least one phase of the dementia trajectory and are delivered in community-based settings. A comprehensive search of six databases from 1995 to 2025 will be developed and peer-reviewed using the PRESS framework. Data will be extracted using a standardized form and analyzed thematically. SIGNIFICANCE: This review will map how dementia caregiving interventions address the evolving needs of caregivers over time and inform future development and implementation of phase-responsive support strategies. The findings will guide research, policy, and practice in creating caregiver-centered interventions that reflect the realities of caregiving across the dementia continuum.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.