Table 1 The occurrence of changeable and immutable factors promoting or impeding the use of respite

Changeable factors

Beliefs ♣

13 [37, 41, 42, 52,53,54,55,56, 61, 66, 69, 70, 76]

Feelings ♣♦

9 [41,42,43, 50, 53, 55,56,57,58]

Burden (load ♣, pathology ♣♦, need of people with dementia♦)

31 [37,38,39, 42,43,44, 47,48,49, 51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59, 61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70, 75, 77, 96]

Available assistance ♣

6 [37, 42, 47, 51, 54, 56]

Acceptance ♦

7 [42, 49, 52, 56, 61, 69, 86]

Communication ♣♠

13 [40, 42,43,44, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 70,71,72,73]

Attributes of the respite interventions (administration, geography, service, staff)♠

40 [37, 39,40,41,42,43,44,45, 48, 49, 51, 53,54,55,56,57,58,59, 61, 65, 66, 68,69,70,71,72,73, 75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87]

Legitimacy ♣

6 [48, 49, 51, 60, 61, 68]

Partnership ♣♠

9 [39, 51, 57, 58, 68, 71, 76, 83, 85]

Impact of the respite ♣♦

4 [42, 51, 56, 86]

Abilities ♣♠

12 [49, 50, 54,55,56, 59,60,61, 64, 65, 87, 88]

Immutable factors

Ethnicity ♣

4 [37,38,39,40]

Characteristics ♣♦♠

15 [38, 39, 41,42,43,44,45, 47,48,49, 56, 66, 67, 77, 83]

Values ♣

9 [42, 48, 50, 51, 56, 59, 60, 65, 87]

Relationship ♣

9 [39, 51, 57, 58, 68, 71, 76, 83, 85]