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Interventions to improve medicines management for people with dementia: A systematic review

Findings
  • Evidence Summary
    Evidence Summary
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2016
  • Year Published
    2017
  • Quality Rating
    8/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    UK (England) (1); UK (Wales) (1); USA (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    UK (England) (1); UK (Wales) (1); USA (1)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
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Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Individual
    Health system
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    By whom care is provided
    Skill mix - Volunteers or caregivers
    Where care is provided
    Outreach
    Implementation strategies
    Consumer-targeted strategy
    Information or education provision
    (Personal) Support
  • Theme
  • Domain
    Diseases
    Non-communicable diseases
    Alzheimer and other dementias
    Technologies
    Drugs
    Sectors
    Home care
    Providers
    Nurse
    Lay/community health worker
    Caregivers
Publication details
  • Citation
    McGrattan M, Ryan C, Barry HE, Hughes CM. Interventions to improve medicines management for people with dementia: A systematic review. Drugs & Aging. 2017;34(12):907-916.
  • DOI
    10.1007/s40266-017-0505-3

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