Evaluation methods of internet of things in nursing care interventions for older adults: a scoping review protocol

The internet of things (IoT) is widely used in nursing care for older adults as it improves the efficiency and quality of care, especially in real-time health monitoring, disease management and remote patient supervision. However, no studies have been identified that map the evaluation methods used in existing IoT technology applications for nursing care interventions. This scoping review will map and categorise the evaluation methods used in nursing care interventions examining the IoT for older adults.

This scoping review will be conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute framework, which encompasses defining inclusion criteria, developing a search strategy, identifying information sources, selecting source of evidence, extracting data, collating data, summarising findings and presenting results. English, Chinese and Japanese databases will be searched (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library, WanFang Data, VIP, SinoMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Ichu-shi Web and CiNii research) for sources published from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2024. The results will be reported descriptively and thematically according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines for reporting. Descriptive statistics and narrative analysis methods will be conducted to summarise the relevant topics.

Ethics approval is not required for this scoping review, as it encompasses a secondary analysis of previously published literature and does not involve the collection of primary data pertaining to human subjects. The findings of this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.