Literature Review Summary Table NURS 5052/NURS 6052

Citation

Type of Study

Design Type

Framework/Theory

Setting

Key Concepts/Variables

Findings

Hierarchy of Evidence Level

Abraha, I., Rimland, J. M., Trotta, F. M., Dell'Aquila, G., Cruz-Jentoft, A., Petrovic, M., & Cherubini, A. (2017). Systematic review of systematic reviews of non-pharmacological interventions to treat behavioural disturbances in older patients with dementia. The SENATOR-OnTop series. BMJ open, 7(3).

Type of Study: Systematic Review

Design Type: Correlational

Framework/Theory: AMSTAR Framework for analyzing different Systematic Reviews included

Systematic reviews taken from “PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL and PsycINFO (2009–March 2015)”

Concepts: Dementia (BPSD), Non pharmacological interventions, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms,

Independent Variable: Procedures of different non-pharmacological treatments

Dependent Variable: Effectivity of different non-pharmacological treatments

Controlled Variable: Quality of information, as filtered by the AMSTAR Checklist

“A large number of non-pharmacological interventions for BPSD were identified. The majority of the studies had great variation in how the same type of intervention was defined and applied, the follow-up duration, the type of outcome measured, usually with modest sample size. Overall, music therapy and behavioural management techniques were effective for reducing BPSD.”

Level I

Holle, D., Halek, M., Holle, B., & Pinkert, C. (2017). Individualized formulation-led interventions for analyzing and managing challenging behavior of people with dementia–an integrative review. Aging & mental health, 21(12), 1229-1247.

Type of Study: Integrative Review

Design Type: Meta-Analysis

Framework/Theory: NA

Data Source: data was taken from PUBMED, PsycINFO [EBSCO] and CINAHL [EBSCO].

Dates were limited between February and April 2014.

Key terms used for searching includes, dementia, challenging behavior and individualized formulation- led interventions.

Concepts: Individualized formulation-led interventions, dementia, Challenging behavior

Independent Variable: Different individualized formulation-led interventions

Dependent Variable: Number of research showing effectivity of individualized formulation led intervention

Controlled Variable: NA

“The literature review provided 14 different individualized formulation-led interventions. The effects on people with dementia were diverse, as only half of the studies showed a significant reduction in behaviors compared with the control group. Family caregivers felt less upset about the challenging behavior and more confident in their ability to manage the behavior.”

Level I