Guideline Recommendations on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association(2024)
摘要
Objective
To synthesize recommendations on assessing and managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs) in existing clinical guidelines on dementia care to learn from and adapt recommendations to a Canadian context and language for describing BPSDs.
Design
Systematic review.
Setting and Participants
Moderate to high-quality clinical practice guidelines on dementia care that made 1 or more recommendations on BPSD assessment or management.
Methods
We searched MEDLINE, Embase, JBI EBM, PsycINFO, AgeLine, and gray literature for clinical guidelines on dementia care making recommendations on BPSD, published between January 1, 2011, and October 13, 2022. Two independent reviewers conducted study screening and data abstraction. Four independent reviewers completed quality appraisal using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II tool; included guidelines had a mean overall AGREE II score ≥4.
Results
Our systematic review identified 23 moderate to high-quality guidelines (264 recommendations). The mean overall quality score on the AGREE II tool ranged from 4 to 6.5. Recommendations were clearly presented (mean clarity of presentation score 73.5%), but guideline applicability was not consistently addressed (mean applicability score 39.3%). BPSD was the most prevalent term describing neuropsychiatric symptoms (number of guidelines [n] = 14). People with lived experience contributed to 6 guidelines (26.1%). Ten guidelines (43.5%) described 1 or more health equity considerations. Guidelines made recommendations for assessing and managing agitation (n = 12), aggression (n = 10), psychosis (n = 11), depression (n = 9), anxiety (n = 5), apathy (n = 6), inappropriate sexual behavior (n = 3), nighttime behavior (n = 5), and eating disturbances (n = 3). There was substantial variability in recommendation statements, evidence quality assigned to each statement, and strength of recommendations.
Conclusions and Implications
There are several moderate to high-quality guidelines making recommendations on BPSD assessment and management, but variability in recommendation statements across guidelines and insufficient consideration of guideline applicability may hamper guideline dissemination and implementation in clinical practice.
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关键词
Dementia,behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia,behavioral symptoms,systematic review,practice guideline,health planning guidelines
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