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Caring for Patients With Dementia at End of Life
Phyllis B Whitehead, Shareen Gamaluddin, Sarah DeWitt, Christi Stewart, Kye Y Kim. The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2021-09-14
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Plain-language summary
Care of the dementia patient continues to be challenging. It is a terminal condition that many times goes undiagnosed leading to improper evidence-based interventions. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) should initiate goals of care conversations early with patients and their families in order to align treatment preferences. Early integration of palliative medicine is an important intervention that can lead to better manage symptoms and lessen the strain on loved ones. Additionally, early enrollment into hospice should be encouraged with loved ones to promote quality of life as defined by the patient.
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APA 7th
Whitehead, P. B., Gamaluddin, S., DeWitt, S., Stewart, C., & Kim, K. Y. (2022). Caring for Patients With Dementia at End of Life. The American journal of hospice & palliative care. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091211046247
Vancouver
Whitehead PB, Gamaluddin S, DeWitt S, Stewart C, Kim KY. Caring for Patients With Dementia at End of Life. The American journal of hospice & palliative care. 2022. doi:10.1177/10499091211046247. PMID: 34519251.
BibTeX
@article{whitehead2022-34519251,
author = {Whitehead, Phyllis B and Gamaluddin, Shareen and DeWitt, Sarah and Stewart, Christi and Kim, Kye Y},
title = {{Caring for Patients With Dementia at End of Life}},
journal = {The American journal of hospice \& palliative care},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1177/10499091211046247},
pmid = {34519251},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091211046247}
}
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Key findings
- Care of the dementia patient continues to be challenging.
- It is a terminal condition that many times goes undiagnosed leading to improper evidence-based interventions.
- Healthcare professionals (HCPs) should initiate goals of care conversations early with patients and their families in order to align treatment preferences.
- Early integration of palliative medicine is an important intervention that can lead to better manage symptoms and lessen the strain on loved ones.
- Additionally, early enrollment into hospice should be encouraged with loved ones to promote quality of life as defined by the patient.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 41/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / 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, multicenter collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 23 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 41 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The American journal of hospice & palliative care) |
| 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 | 3 / 5 | 2022 — within 6 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) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization 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 |
| Multicenter collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 34519251) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 23 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 41 out of 100. |
| Total | 41 / 100 | — |
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