Table 2 Summary of participant characteristics by study.

From: Online training programs for adults with disabilities: a systematic review

Study

Age range (mean age)

N*; gender

Type of disability

Arachchi et al. (2021)

18–30 (M = 19.20)

10; 5 males and 5 females

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Ayuso and Santiago (2022)

18–43 (M = 30,3)

10; 6 males and 4 females

Intellectual disability level

Bruce et al. (2017)

18–25 (G1: M = 22.2; G2: M = 19.2)

25; 18 males and 7 females

Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity disorder

Busse et al. (2022)

≥ 18 (M = 60.9)

21; 6 males and 15 females

Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Chiu et al. (2023)

≥ 65 (M = 80.35)

60; 34 males and 26 females; 30 Virtual Reality group and control group

Cognitive impairment and dementia

Curtiss et al. (2023)

No data

11 (no date gender)

No data (it assumes people with and without intellectual disabilities)

De Felice et al. (2023)

18–65 (AG: M = 27,79; NG: M = 29,85)

128; 51 males, 66 female and 10 nonbinaries; 61 autistic (28; 24) and 67 no autistic (23; 42)

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Fjellström et al. (2022)

18–60 (M = 36.2)

22; 12 males and 10 females

Intellectual disability

Garcia et al. (2023)

18–35 (M = 26,6)

13; 10 males and 3 females

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Güdül Öz and Yangın (2021)

18–65 (M = 25,77)

35; 23 males and 12 females

Visual Impairments

Mead et al. (2023)

18–29 (M = 19 in person; M = 25 online)

5.586; 1756 males y 3830 females; 2908 face-to-face end 2678 online

Learning disability (including ADD/ADHD) or mental health/psychological disability and other disabilities

Moëll et al. (2015)

≥ 18 (M = 36.6)

57; 13 males and 44 females; 29 experimental group and 28 control group

Attention Deficit / Hiperactivity disorder

Rimmer et al. (2022)

21–71 (M = 49)

53 (no date gender)

Physical disabilities

Silva de Souza et al. (2018)

33

1 male

Visual Impairments (wheelchair user)

St. John et al. (2022)

≥ 18 (M = 41.4)

27; 11 males, 15 females and 1 gender fluid

Intellectual disability level

Worobey et al. (2018)

>18

71; 58 males and 13 females; 10 in-person training, 39 web training and 20 waitlist control

Physical disability

  1. Note. *Total number of participants.