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SynthesisDementia (London, England)2020

A mixed methods systematic review of multimodal non-pharmacological interventions to improve cognition for people with dementia.

Garuth Chalfont, Christine Milligan, Jane Simpson

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Dementia (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Temporal Patterns of BPSD During a Multimodal Non-Pharmacological Intervention in Nursing Home and Daycare Centre Settings.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2026
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  13. Bridging Gaps in Sundown Syndrome Research: a Scoping Review and Roadmap for Future Multimodal Approaches.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Garuth ChalfontDivision of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Christine MilliganDivision of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Jane SimpsonDivision of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-4077

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CognitionDementiaHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeAlzheimer’s diseasecognitiondementiainterventionsmultimodalnon-pharmacologicaltreatment

Identifiers

PMID30193536
PMCPMC7180318

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