SynthesisBMC geriatrics2018
Health economic evaluations of non-pharmacological interventions for persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: a systematic review.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Economic evaluations of screening and case-finding for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): a systematic review.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Model-Based Economic Evaluations of Interventions for Dementia: An Updated Systematic Review and Quality Assessment.Applied health economics and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological Interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations and a Review of Reviews.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2023Pooled it
- The value of supportive care: A systematic review of cost-effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for dementia.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Factors Related to the Quality of Life in Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Economic Evaluation in Opioid Modeling: Systematic Review.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2021Pooled it
- Economic Evaluation of Exercise or Cognitive and Social Enrichment Activities for Improved Cognition After Stroke.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of a non-pharmacological treatment vs. "care as usual" in day care centers for community-dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: results from the German randomized controlled DeTaMAKS-trial.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Trial
- Moving family interventions into the real world: What matters to oncology stakeholders?Journal of psychosocial oncologyTrial
- Associations of Alzheimer's disease with inpatient hospital costs and with quality-adjusted life years: evidence from conventional and Mendelian randomization analyses in the UK Biobank.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2025Article
- Cost-benefit analysis of interventions for dementia: a scoping review.Innovation in aging · 2025Review
- The Cost-Effectiveness of an Intervention to Preserve Independence in People With Dementia (Vs. No Intervention): A Decision-Analytic (Markov) Model Analysis.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of the Tailored Activity Programme for Person With Dementia-Caregiver Dyads: A Markov Model.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Article
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- 2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Who cares for the carer? Codesigning a carer health and wellbeing clinic for older care partners of older people in Australia.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Italian guidance on Dementia Day Care Centres: A position paper.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Review
- The effects of herbal medicine (Jujadokseo-hwan) on quality of life in patients with mild cognitive impairment: Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside randomized controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2023Article
- Budget impact analysis of the use of Souvenaid in patients with prodromal Alzheimer's Disease in Spain.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2022Article
- Cost-effectiveness of dementia training for caregivers in caregiver-patient dyads: A randomized controlled study.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis systematic review aims to review the literature on trial-based economic evaluations of non-pharmacological interventions directly targeted at persons with dementia as well as persons with mild cognitive impairment and their respective caregivers.
methodsA systematic literature research was conducted for the timeframe from 2010 to 2016 in the following databases: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, EconLit, Embase, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO and PubMed. Study quality was assessed according to the Drummond criteria.
resultsIn total sixteen publications were identified. Health economic evaluations indicated the cost-effectiveness of physical exercise interventions and occupational therapy. There was also evidence to suggest that psychological and behavioral therapies are cost-effective. Health economic studies investigating psychosocial interventions mainly targeted towards informal caregivers showed inconsistent results.
conclusionsDue to the increasing prevalence of dementia non-pharmacological interventions and their health economic impact are of increasing importance for health care decision-makers and HTA agencies.
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