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Tag Archives: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Further Evidence on the Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia / Cognitive Decline (Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology / Journal of Neurology)
Summary A number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses provide further consolidation in the evidence for an association between hearing loss and an increased risk of cognitive decline and / or dementia in older adults. Full Text Link Reference Thomson, RS. … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age-Related Hearing Loss (ARHL), Assessment of Hearing in Dementia(s), Auditory Cognition, Auditory Group: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Auditory Impairment, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Population Health: University of Bordeaux, Catholic University of Applied Sciences (Freiburg), Central Auditory Disorders Clinic: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Department of Health Professions, Centre for Applied Neuroscience: University of Cyprus, Chronic Diseases and Hearing Loss, Clinical Investigation Center-Clinical Epidemiology: University of Bordeaux, Cognitive Disorders Clinic for the Deaf: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cyprus, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Neuro-otology: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease: University College London, Department of Surgery: University of Utah, Development and Continuing Education: Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Division of Otolaryngology: University of Utah, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Essilor International (Paris), European University Cyprus, France, Germany, Hearing, Hearing Loss and Cognition, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Impairment, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hearing Loss and Incident Dementia, Hearing Loss in Adulthood, Hearing Loss in Old Age, Hearing Loss: Risk of Dementia, Impact of Hearing Loss, INSERM: University of Bordeaux, Institute of Applied Research: Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Neuroscience: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Intervention Mapping, Journal of Neurology, Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, London, Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Metropolitan University, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (London), Newcastle upon Tyne, Nicosia, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Pure Tone Audiometry, Recognition of Sensory Impairment, Research and Development Department: Essilor International, Risk Factors, Sensory Impairments, Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW), Synthetic Sentence Identification With Ipsilateral Competing Message test (SSI-ICM), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, The Medical School, UCL Ear Institute: University College London, UCL Institute of Neurology: University College London, UK Central Auditory Disorders Clinic, United States, University College London, University of Bordeaux, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, University of Utah, USA
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Suggestions for Improving the Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia (BMC Medicine)
Summary The results of recent research into this topic. Full Text Link Reference Bunn, F. Goodman, C. [and] Reece Jones, P. [et al] (2017). What works for whom in the management of diabetes in people living with dementia: a realist … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology Services, Bangor University, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, BMC Medicine, Cardiff University, Carers and Families, Caring for Family Carers, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, CMOC: Context–Mechanism–Outcome Configuration, Dementia and Diabetes, Diabetes, Diabetes Frail Ltd (Luton UK), Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Diabetes Self-Management Support (DSMS), Division of Population Medicine: Cardiff University, Family Carers, Flexible Care (+ 24 Hour Care), Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People (London), Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People: Diabetes Frail Ltd, Improving the Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia, Patient and Family Engagement, Realist Analyses, Realist Approaches, Realist Reviews, Regular Contact with Families, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), School of Healthcare Sciences: Bangor University, Self Management From Patient Perspective, Self Management of Chronic Disease, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Support for Carers, Support for Self Management, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), University of Hertfordshire, Usability of Assistive Devices, Usability of Assistive Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care
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Approaches to the Reduction of Preventable Hospital Admissions: a Systematic Review (BMJ Open)
Summary A recent systematic review examined the alternatives to hospital admission for older patients at risk of unplanned hospitalisation. The broad categories of interventions considered were (i) improved use of paramedic / emergency care practitioners, (ii) interventions based in emergency … Continue reading →
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Bristol, Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration: University of Bristol, Brunelcare: Saffron Gardens (Bristol), Case Management, Centre for Academic Primary Care: University of Bristol, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Community Hospitals, COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Crisis Resolution Teams, Department of Emergency Medicine: University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Care, Emergency Centres, Emergency Departments, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences: University of the West of England, HaH Interventions, HaH: Hospital at Home, Health Economics at Bristol: University of Bristol, Heart Failure, Intermediate Care, Pneumonia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Case Management, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Crisis Resolution Teams, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Intermediate Care, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Telehealth, Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Pulmonary Embolism, Reasons for Short Stay Emergency Admissions, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, School of Social and Community Medicine: University of Bristol, Systematic Review, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, University of the West of England, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Services in England
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Development of Standardised Intervention Outcome Measures for Dementia Prevention (PLoS One / HTA)
Summary The following articles present work towards establishing a consensus on the most suitable outcomes to be measured when assessing “disease modification” (or the lack of it) in response to interventions intended to delay or prevent the progress of dementia. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK
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Tagged Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials, and Health Psychology: University College London, Assessment of Quality of Life, Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing: Aston University, Aston University, Bangor University, Biological Markers, Biomarkers, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Cardiff University, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials, Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL), Dementia Quality of Life Measure, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Technische Universität München, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Disability Assessment for Dementia-DAD, Disease Modification, Disease Modification Trials, Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences: University College London, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Faculty of Health and Social Care: University of Hull, Faculty of Medicine: Imperial College London, Germany, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Health Technology Assessment Study, Health Technology Assessments, Imperial College London, Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health: University of Manchester, Institute of Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, Kings College London, Leeds Beckett University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Measurement of Successes and Failures of Dementia Treatments, Measuring the Impact of Interventions to Reduce Alzheimer’s Disease, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research: Health Technology Assessment Programme, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Agitation / Aggression Scale, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Agitation / Aggression Domain (NPI), Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Neuroscience Research Centre - St. George's: University of London, Newcastle University, NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment programme, North Thames CLAHRC, Norwich Medical School: University of East Anglia, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Opportunities for Standardisation, Outcome Measures for Disease-Modifying Trials in Mild-to-Moderate Dementia, Outcome Validation, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Patient and Public Involvement (PPI), PenCLAHRC: University of Exeter Medical School, Personal Social Services Research Unit: University of Manchester, Potential Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease, Queen's University Belfast, Research Department of Clinical Educational, Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE): University of Bath, ScHARR: University of Sheffield, School of Clinical Sciences: University of Bristol, School of Health and Community Studies: Leeds Beckett University, School of Healthcare Sciences: Cardiff University, School of Medicine: University of Southampton, School of Psychology: University of Exeter, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, sMRI (Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging), Standardisation, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Technische Universität München, United Kingdom, University College London, University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, University of Hull, University of London, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University of Warwick, Warwick Clinical Trials Research Unit: University of Warwick, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases: King’s College London
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Compulsory Community and Involuntary Outpatient Treatment for People With Mental Illness (JGCR / Cochrane Database)
Summary It remains uncertain whether compulsory community treatment for people with severe mental illness actually improves clinical outcomes and / or social functioning or reduces the level of usage of health services. A recent pilot study investigated old age psychiatrists’ … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Wales, Wolverhampton
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), Ageing Population, Australia, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Canada, Care Planning, Centre for Ageing Studies: University of Chester, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Schizophrenia Group’s Study-Based Register of Trials, Coercion, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), Community Treatment Orders in Ageing Population, Compulsory Community Treatment (CCT), Compulsory Community Treatment (CCT) for People With Severe Mental Illness (SMI), Compulsory Community Treatment Versus Supervised Discharge, Confinement to Bedrooms, Consent to Treatment and CTOs, CTOs and Dementia, CTOs and Older Adults, Dalhousie University (Halifax; Canada), Department of Community Health and Epidemiology: Dalhousie University, Deprivation of Liberty, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Elderly Mental Health, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Faculty of Health and Social Care: University of Chester, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Geriatric Care and Research Organisation (GeriCaRe), Israel, Least Restrictive Practice, Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Act and Citizenship, Mental Health Assessor (MHA), Mental Health Care, Mental Health Care and Treatment, Mental Health Care Pathways, New Zealand, Old Age Psychiatry: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Oxford Community Treatment Order Evaluation Trials (OCTETs), Princess Alexandra Hospital (Queensland), Pros and Cons of CTOs, Restraint, Restraint and Restrictions, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Safe and Ethical Restrictive Interventions, School of Medicine: University of Queensland, Severe Mental Illness (SMI), Staffordshire University, Supervised Discharge, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Chester, University of Queensland, Western University (Ontario)
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Review of Feeding Support for Hospitalised Adults at Risk of Under-Nourishment (Cochrane Database)
Summary A systematic review has been conducted to assess the efficacy of nutritional support for improving clinical outcomes in hospitalised adult patients at risk of disease-related malnutrition. It was already known that roughly 30% of patients in Western European hospitals … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital (Copenhagen), Centre for Clinical Intervention Research: Copenhagen University Hospital, Centre for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China, Clinical Nutrition Unit: Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Cochrane Colorectal Cancer Group, Cochrane Colorectal Cancer Group: Bispebjerg Hospital, Cochrane Database, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group: Copenhagen Trial Unit, Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group: Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen Trial Unit: Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Danish Committee for Health Education (Copenhagen), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Denmark, Department of Cardiology: Holbaek Hospital, Disease Related Malnutrition, Eating and Nutritional Care, Elderly Malnutrition, Enteral Nutrition, Feeding Support for Hospitalised Adults at Risk of Malnourishment, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, General Hospital Care, Good Nutritional Care, Holbaek Hospital (Denmark), Hospitalised Adults, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Nutritional Care, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Nutrition, Nutrition Indicators, Nutrition Support in Adults, Nutritional Screening, Nutritional Screening for Adults, Older People in Acute Care, Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Parenteral Nutrition, Poor Nutrition, Research Base of TCM Syndrome: Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rigshospitalet University Hospital (Denmark), Screening for Malnutrition, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Western European Hospitals
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Reducing Under-Usage of Medications (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)
Summary A meta-analysis investigating the impact of pharmaceutical care interventions for medication underuse in older people has shown that such interventions, including medication reviews, can reduce medication under-use in older people. Full Text Link Reference Meid, AD. Lampert, A. [and] … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Ageing Population, Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elderly (ACOVE), Assessment of Underutilization (AOU) Index, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacists, Community Pharmacists, Cooperation Unit Clinical Pharmacy: University of Heidelberg, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology: University of Heidelberg, Germany, Good Prescribing, Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Reactions, Medication Reviews, Medication Underuse in Older People, Medication-Related Problems in the Elderly, Medications Under-Use, Optimisation of Pharmacotherapy in Older People, Pharmacist-Led Medication Reviews, Pharmacists, Polypharmacy in the Elderly STOPP and START Criteria, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Reducing Under-Usage of Medications, School of Pharmacy: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatments (START), STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions), STOPP and START Criteria, Sub-Optimal Prescribing in Older Inpatients and Outpatients, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Under-Usage of Medications, Undermedication, United States, University of Colorado, University of Heidelberg, USA
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