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Advance care planning in dementia
Karen Harrison Dening. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 2015-08-19
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Advance care planning is the basis for delivering person-centred end of life care that accords with the wishes of the individual. It is important to support people with dementia in developing an advance care plan, since they may lose the capacity to make decisions associated with this early in the disease process. Healthcare policy indicates that we should all consider our wishes for end of life care. However, this may not be straightforward for people with dementia. This article considers the main issues in enabling advance care planning with people with dementia, reviews the limited evidence and offers possible solutions.
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APA 7th
Dening, K. H. (2015). Advance care planning in dementia. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987). https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.51.41.e10060
Vancouver
Dening KH. Advance care planning in dementia. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987). 2015. doi:10.7748/ns.29.51.41.e10060. PMID: 26285996.
BibTeX
@article{dening2015-26285996,
author = {Dening, Karen Harrison},
title = {{Advance care planning in dementia}},
journal = {Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.7748/ns.29.51.41.e10060},
pmid = {26285996},
url = {https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.51.41.e10060}
}
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Key findings
- It is important to support people with dementia in developing an advance care plan, since they may lose the capacity to make decisions associated with this early in the disease process.
- Healthcare policy indicates that we should all consider our wishes for end of life care.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2015 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 26285996) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 21 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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