Table 2 Inclusion criteria for each decision box (legend: SwD seniors living with dementia, P participants, I intervention, C comparative group, O outcomes)
Titles of the decision boxes (DBs) | Inclusion/exclusion criteria (PICO question) |
|---|---|
DB1. Choosing a support option to decrease the burden of caregivers of SwD or to improve their quality of life | (P) Informal caregivers of SwD, (I) any intervention, (C) usual care or any alternative intervention, (O) burden or quality of life measured with validated scale, or any validated measure related to any of the quality of life domains |
DB2.Choosing a treatment to manage agitation, aggression, or psychotic symptoms in SwD | (P) SwD, (I) any intervention, (C) usual care or any alternative intervention, (O) psychotic symptoms, aggression, agitation |
DB3. Deciding whether or not to stop driving following a diagnosis of dementia | (P) SwD, (I) stopping driving, (C) continuing to drive, (O) any outcome |
DB4. Choosing an option to maintain or improve the quality of life of SwD | (P) SwD, (I) any intervention, (C) usual care or any alternative intervention, (O) quality of life measured using a validated scale or any validated measure related to any of the quality of life domains |
DB5. Deciding whether to prepare advanced directives and a protection mandate following a diagnosis of dementia | (P) SwD, (I) preparing advanced care directives or any other legal protective supervision measures, (C) usual care or any alternative intervention, (O) any outcome |