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Table 4 Description of participants

From: The experience of lived space in persons with dementia: a systematic meta-synthesis

Authors & year

Stage of dementia

Housing situation

Age (years)

Gender / female (%)

Aminzadeh [36], 2009

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) score:

Range 15-27, Mean 23.8

Living in own home

aLiving with someone: 31.3%

Mean age: 85.3 (76-93)

68.8

Aminzadeh [37], 2010

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 15-27, Mean 23.8

Living in own home

Living with someone: 31.3%

Mean age: 85.3 (76-93 )

68.8

Beattie [90], 2004

Mild, moderate an severe stage of dementia

No MMSE score provided

Living in own home (13)

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities (1)

Living with someone: 71.4%

Mean age: 59.43 (41-66)

Not described

Bronner [91], 2016

Mild stage of dementia

MMSE score:

MMSE >24 (range not provided), Mean 25.5

Living in own home

Mean age: 65

80.0

Brorsson [55], 2011

MMSE score:

Range 18-30, Mean 23,1

Living in own home

Living with someone: 42.9%

Age range: 63-80

71.4

Clare [92], 2008

MMSE score:

Range 0-20, Mean 9,76

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Mean age: 83.4 (59-96)

85.0

De Witt L [48], 2010

Mild to moderate stage of AD assessed by FAST (Functional Assessment Staging system)

No MMSE score provided

Living in own home

Living alone: 100%

Age range: 58-87

100

De Witt L [49], 2009

Mild to moderate stage of AD assessed by FAST

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living alone: 100%

Age range: 58-87

100

Digby [93], 2012

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 15-23, Mean 20,6

Inpatients in a sub-acute geriatric rehabilitation facility

Age range: 77-92

37.5

Digby [94], 2014

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 15-21, Mean 17,7

Inpatients in a sub-acute geriatric rehabilitation facility

Age range: 67-89

57.1

Duggan [54], 2008

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 15-29, (mean score not provided)

Living in own home

Age range: 71-84

50.0

Fleming G [34], 2015

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Not described

Not described

Frazer [47], 2012

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range: 14-26, Mean 20

Living in own home

Living alone: 100%

Age range: 75-89

100

Gill [44], 2011

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with someone: 77.3%

Age range: 80- 92

63.6

Gilmour [95], 2005

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with partner: 88.9%

Age range: 56-79

44.4

Goodman [96], 2013

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Length of stay: 3-61 months

Age range: 68-92

72.2

Harmer [26], 2008

MMSE score:

Range 5-25, Mean 12

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Living with partner: 17.6%

Mean age: 85.6 (72-99)

70.5

Hedman [42], 2013

Mild to moderate stage of dementia assessed by using the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS)

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with partners: 83.3%

Age range: 60-80

41.7

Heggestad [66], 2013

Mild, moderate an severe stage of dementia

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Age range: 84-94

80.0

Hulko [97], 2009

Mild, moderate an severe stage of dementia

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Average age: 77 (74-87)

50.0

Johannessen [98], 2011

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with spouse: 75.0%

Age range: 54–67

40.0

Keller [63], 2010

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

Assessed by FAST

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with someone: 88.9%

Age range: 56-88

59.3

Lawrence [99], 2011

Mild, moderate an severe stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 1-29, Mean 17

Living in own home (26)

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities (4)

Living with someone: 73.3%

Age range: 65-96

56.7

Liou [65], 2013

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Not described

Not described

Mazaheri [100], 2014

Moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 14-19, Mean 16,5

Living in own home (10)

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities (5)

Living with someone (partner or child): 53.3%

Age range: 66-88

53.3

Mjorud [41], 2017

Mild, moderate an severe stage of dementia

Assessed using the clinical dementia rating scale (CDR)

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Living in special care units for persons with dementia: 50.0%

Age range: 71-95

83.0

Mok [101], 2007

Mild stage of dementia

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with someone: 100%

Age range: 56-80

73.3

Molyneaux [102], 2012

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with partner: 100%

Age range: 72-83

60.0

Moyle [43], 2011

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Age range: 70-74 to >90

68.8

Mushi [103], 2014

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living alone: 100%

Mean age: 84 (70-100)

63.4

Nowell [67], 2013

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Mean age: 74 (62-87)

42.9

Nygård [45], 2008

MMSE score:

Range 19-28, Mean 24,9

Living in own home

Living alone: 100%

Age: 57-82

62.5

Öhman [104], 2005

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 15-28, Mean 21,7

Living in own home

Living with spouse: 50.0%

Age range: 65-80

50.0

Pesonen [105], 2013

MMSE score:

Range 14-27, Mean 20,8

Living in own home

Age: 55-68

62.5

Phinney [50], 2006

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 16-23, Mean 19,3

Living in own home

Age: 64-88

50.0

Phinney [51], 2011

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

Assessed by the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Age: 64-88

55.6

Pipon-Young [106], 2012

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with partners: 87.5%

Age: 60-67

87.5

Rostad [107], 2013

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with partner: 75.0%

Age: 55-62

50.0

Samsi [108], 2013

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Living with someone: 66.7%

Age: 72-89

50.0

Svanström [46], 2015

Stage of dementia: not described

MMSE score not provided

Living in own home

Age range: 80-90

83.0

Tak [39], 2015

MMSE score:

Range 10-26, Mean 16,4

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Average age: 84.5 (72–92)

67.0

Thein [38], 2011

Moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score not provided

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Not described

61.0

Van Zadelhoff [40], 2011

Moderate to severe stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 0-14, Mean 10

Living in nursing homes or other care facilities

Age: 68-93

Not described

Vikström [64], 2008

Mild to moderate stage of dementia

MMSE score:

Range 16-24, Mean 21,8

Living in own home

Living with partner: 100%

Mean age: 78 (62-85)

46.2

Wolverson [52], 2010

MMSE score:

Range 19-28, Mean 23,2

Living in own home

Living with someone: 20.0%

Mean age: 81 (72-87)

70.0

  1. aLiving with someone/ spouse/partner refers to how it is described in the articles