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Table 4 Number of studies by technology category and specific field of support

From: Digital technology and nursing care: a scoping review on acceptance, effectiveness and efficiency studies of informal and formal care technologies

Technology

Field of support

Organisational

Security

Educational

Monitoring

Physical

Psychological

Social

Economic

Multiple

Total

ICT

49

15

12

4

3

8

9

0

45

145

Robot

9

2

3

0

21

13

27

0

27

102

Sensor

2

45

0

21

4

3

1

0

7

83

Multiple Technologies

12

8

6

2

3

3

2

1

43

80

EHR/EMR

48

2

3

0

0

1

0

0

3

57

Monitoring

3

10

0

33

0

0

0

0

5

51

Assistive Device

5

7

0

1

12

4

0

0

10

39

E-Learning

0

0

38

0

0

0

0

0

0

37

HIS

23

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

30

Educational Technology

0

0

23

0

0

0

0

0

0

23

AAL

4

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

12

18

Decision Support

9

1

0

0

0

3

1

1

3

18

Virtual Reality

0

0

5

0

2

3

0

0

1

11

Tracking

4

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

Serious Games

0

0

4

0

0

2

0

0

2

8

PMR

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Total

169

99

94

61

46

40

40

2

162

713