PMID- 32011033 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201112 LR - 20210113 IS - 1099-1166 (Electronic) IS - 0885-6230 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 5 DP - 2020 May TI - The effectiveness of interventions to improve the care and management of people with dementia in general hospitals: A systematic review. PG - 463-488 LID - 10.1002/gps.5280 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: People with dementia are at greater risk of being admitted to hospital where care may not be tailored to their needs. Interventions improving care and management are vital. AIM: Assess the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve the care and management of people with dementia in hospital. METHOD: Six medical and trial registry, and grey literature databases were searched (1999-1998/2018). Search terms included "Dementia," "Hospital," and "Intervention" and limited to experimental designs. Interventions designed to improve the care and management of people with dementia in the general hospital setting were examined. Outcomes included behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), psychosocial, clinical, staff knowledge, and length of hospital stay. The CASP tools, Cochrane risk of bias tool, and GRADE system assessed methodological quality and certainty of evidence. RESULTS: 9003 unique citations were identified; 24 studies were included. Studies were limited in study design and their conduct was at a risk of bias. There is very low-quality evidence that multisensory behaviour therapy reduces BPSD. There is low-quality evidence that a multidisciplinary programme reduces postoperative complications and that robot-assisted therapy, music therapy, multimodal-comprehensive care, person-centred care, and family-centred function-focused care interventions improved staff knowledge, competence, efficacy, and communication. No studies reported reduced length of stay. CONCLUSIONS: Whilst we found that these interventions improved the care and management of people with dementia in hospital, it was low- to very low-quality evidence. New clinical recommendations cannot be made based on current evidence, and robust trial designs are necessary to inform evidence-based care. CI - (c) 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Feast, Alexandra R AU - Feast AR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9072-3023 AD - Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK. FAU - White, Nicola AU - White N AD - Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK. FAU - Candy, Bridget AU - Candy B AD - Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK. FAU - Kupeli, Nuriye AU - Kupeli N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6511-412X AD - Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK. FAU - Sampson, Elizabeth L AU - Sampson EL AD - Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust Liaison Psychiatry Team, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, UK. LA - eng GR - MCCC-FCO-11-U/MCCC_/Marie Curie/United Kingdom GR - PB-PG-0317-20019/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20200221 PL - England TA - Int J Geriatr Psychiatry JT - International journal of geriatric psychiatry JID - 8710629 SB - IM MH - *Behavior Therapy MH - Communication MH - Dementia/psychology/*therapy MH - Hospitalization MH - Hospitals, General MH - Humans MH - *Music Therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - care and management OT - dementia OT - hospital OT - intervention OT - systematic review EDAT- 2020/02/06 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/13 06:00 CRDT- 2020/02/04 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/gps.5280 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 May;35(5):463-488. doi: 10.1002/gps.5280. Epub 2020 Feb 21.