ArticleThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2014
Behavioural and psychiatric symptoms in people with dementia admitted to the acute hospital: prospective cohort study.
Article in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Reducing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) for Acutely-Ill Persons With Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias Via Patient Engagement Specialists
Reducing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) for Acutely-Ill Persons With Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias Via Patient Engagement Specialists
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Behavioural and psychological symptoms of people with dementia in acute hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Falls Risk of Frail Patients with Dementia in Hospital: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Pooled it
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- Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review.European geriatric medicine · 2020Pooled it
- What are the needs of people with dementia in acute hospital settings, and what interventions are made to meet these needs? A systematic integrative review of the literature.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality on the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Quality of Life of Inpatients With Dementia in Acute Care: Randomized Controlled Trial (VRCT).Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Pain Incidence, Treatment, and Associated Symptoms in Hospitalized Persons with Dementia.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2021Trial
- Impact of home healthcare reform on place of death for people with dementia: A nationwide cohort study accounting for cultural factors of impending death discharge.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Case Report: Interdisciplinary approach to managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and delirium in acute care.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- Inverting the 'dementia triangle' as a salutogenic approach to avoiding the "treadmill of disasters" in changed behaviors: a qualitative study.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia During Hospitalization: Prevalence, Factors, Management, and Outcomes.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- General medicine wards and the mental health crisis: invisible and unsafe.Internal medicine journal · 2025Review
- A hospital-based special care unit for dementia decreased hospital readmission rates for behaviour while reducing rates of falls and occupational violence across medical wards.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the psychometric properties of PainChek in older general hospital patients with dementia.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Privileges, and Permissions: Theorising Intersectionality and Cultures of Control in the Care of People Living With Dementia in Acute Hospital Settings.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Impact of Hospitalizations on Problematic Medication Use Among Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and adverse patient outcomes post-hospitalization.Aging & mental health · 2024Article
- A need to integrate pharmacological management for multimorbidity into dementia guidelines in Australia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Managing depression in frail older people; too little too late or pathologising loss?Future healthcare journal · 2023Article
- Delirium Following Anticholinergic Use in Hospitalized Patients With Dementia.The Neurohospitalist · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDementia is common in older people admitted to acute hospitals. There are concerns about the quality of care they receive. Behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD) seem to be particularly challenging for hospital staff. AIMS To define the prevalence of BPSD and explore their clinical associations.
methodLongitudinal cohort study of 230 people with dementia, aged over 70, admitted to hospital for acute medical illness, and assessed for BPSD at admission and every 4 (± 1) days until discharge. Other measures included length of stay, care quality indicators, adverse events and mortality.
resultsParticipants were very impaired; 46% at Functional Assessment Staging Scale (FAST) stage 6d or above (doubly incontinent), 75% had BPSD, and 43% had some BPSD that were moderately/severely troubling to staff. Most common were aggression (57%), activity disturbance (44%), sleep disturbance (42%) and anxiety (35%).
conclusionsWe found that BPSD are very common in older people admitted to an acute hospital. Patients and staff would benefit from more specialist psychiatric support.
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