Caregivers valued e-learning for flexibility, accessibility, personalization, user-friendliness, and cost-effectiveness¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participants in all detected studies were satisfied with the e-learning platforms, programs, and courses, citing flexibility, ease of accessibility from anywhere at any time, personalized approach, user-friendliness, avoidance of stigmatized professional help, social network development, and cost-effectiveness. → Klimova Blanka 2019

Evidence¶

Klimova Blanka 2019¶

Klimova Blanka, Valis Martin, Kuca Kamil, Masopust Jiri. (2019). E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4641-9

q2 · i? · review · r2

Review-level synthesis across all six detected studies; the review additionally lists flexibility, accessibility meaning less travelling, personalized approach, user-friendliness, avoidance of stigmatized professional (psychiatric) help, social network development, and cost-effectiveness as motivating benefits.

"The results revealed that participants in all detected studies [24, 25, 45–48] were satisfied with the e-learning platforms, programs, and courses because the content helped them reduce their perceived stress and increase their empathy."

Discussion¶

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