- 630studies on this subject, of 27,380 in the library
- 616peer-reviewed
- 1982–2026years published
- 45median usefulness score out of 100
These counts and lists are worked out from the library itself each time the page loads. A score rates how much weight a study can bear — its design, journal, evidence and recency — not whether its result is good news. How we score a study.
The 20 highest-scoring studies
- Assessment of Reported Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Network Meta-analysis
- Processed electroencephalogram and evoked potential techniques for amelioration of postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction following non-cardiac and non-neurosurgical procedures in adults
- Risk factors for mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures: a meta-analysis of 18 studies
- Risk factors for incident delirium among older people in acute hospital medical units: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Pain and the risk for falls in community-dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
- Cognitive outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 91,829 patients
- Non-pharmacological interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non-ICU patients
- Preventing delirium: should non-pharmacological, multicomponent interventions be used? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature
- Mental and neurological disorders and risk of COVID-19 susceptibility, illness severity and mortality: A systematic review, meta-analysis and call for action
- Care in specialist medical and mental health unit compared with standard care for older people with cognitive impairment admitted to general hospital: randomised controlled trial (NIHR TEAM trial)
- Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Falls Risk: A Multi-Center Study
- Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Risk of Pneumonia, Malnutrition, and Mortality in Adults Aged 60 Years and Older: A Meta-Analysis
- Rivastigmine for gait stability in patients with Parkinson's disease (ReSPonD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial
- Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: a systematic review of frequency and prognosis
- The risk factors for postoperative delirium in adult patients after hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Risk factors for falls among community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Delirium on Hospitalized Older Adults With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Melatonin decreases delirium in elderly patients: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
- Effects of Vivifrail multicomponent intervention on functional capacity: a multicentre, randomized controlled trial
- Aerobic exercise for Alzheimer's disease: A randomized controlled pilot trial
See all 630 studies in Clinical safety, with filters →
Newest additions on this subject
- Short-Horizon Metrics and the Persistence of Capacity-Debiting Practices in Nursing Homes
- Expert-Derived Components of Person-Centred Nursing Intervention for People with Dementia and/or Cognitive Impairment in a Hospital Experiencing Distress
- Knowledge predicts attitudes toward dementia among hospital nurses in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
- Pain is independently associated with agitation and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional MRI study
- Neuropsychiatric Adverse-Event Reporting With Brexpiprazole Across Approved Indications: A Disproportionality Analysis Using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)
- Neuroimaging of affective symptoms in Lewy body dementia: A systematic review
- Palmitoylethanolamide and Luteolin in Brain Aging and Cognitive Decline: Biological Rationale and Current Evidence
- Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Uncover Novel Candidate Compound-Target Actions of Yokukansan (Yi-Gan San) in the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
- Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
- Entropy Anatomy of Pre-Agitation Activity Disruption in the TIHM Home-Monitoring Cohort
All 630 studies in Clinical safety, newest first →
What the library holds on this subject
By review status
| Status | Studies |
|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed | 616 |
| Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed | 14 |
By strength of evidence
| Rated in our summary | Studies |
|---|---|
| low | 409 |
| moderate | 112 |
| high | 107 |
| not rated | 2 |
Most frequent journals
| Journal | Studies |
|---|---|
| Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 36 |
| Age and Ageing | 14 |
| Neurology | 13 |
| Journal of the American Medical Directors Association | 11 |
| Age and ageing | 10 |
| Brain : a journal of neurology | 10 |
| Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry | 9 |
| The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences | 9 |
| Clinical interventions in aging | 8 |
| International journal of geriatric psychiatry | 8 |
Studies by year published
| Year | Studies | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | |
| 2025 | 121 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 24 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 13 | |
| 1999 | 9 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 13 | |
| 1996 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 6 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 2 |
Counts the 630 studies with a usable publication date. The library is a large sample of published work, not a complete index, so these counts describe the library, not the whole field.
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