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Guidelines for psychosocial interventions in dementia care
— a European survey and comparison | | Author(s) | E Vasse, M Vernooij-Dassen, I Cantegreil |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 27, no 1, January 2012 |
| Pages | pp 40-48 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Therapeutics ; Quality ; Family care ; Evaluation ; Europe ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | Evidence has demonstrated the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in treating people with dementia and their carers. Dementia guidelines should therefore include evidence and recommendations for psychosocial interventions that parallel the evidence base. The aims of this study were: to collate dementia guidelines from countries across Europe and to check whether they included sections about psychosocial interventions; and to compare the methodological quality and the recommendations for specific psychosocial interventions in these guidelines. The European dementia guidelines were inventoried, and the methodological quality of the guideline sections for psychosocial interventions was assessed with the Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation (AGREE) instrument. Guidelines for psychosocial interventions were found in 5 of 12 countries: Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. The UK NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) and SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) joint guidelines had the best methodological quality and included the most recommendations for psychosocial interventions. Physical activity and carer interventions were recommended the most across all guidelines. The authors conclude that high-quality guidelines that include psychosocial interventions and are kept up to date with the emerging evidence are needed across Europe. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120914001 A |
| Classmark | EA: LL: 59: P6:SJ: 4C: 74: 3K |
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