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Palliative care for advanced dementia
Shuster JL.. Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2000-05-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Dementia is a common, devastating, and ultimately fatal illness. Although no cure exists for most causes of dementia, palliative interventions for the predictable complications of the illness can effectively reduce the suffering of patients and families. Care of patients with end-stage dementia is clinically and conceptually consistent with hospice and palliative care, and this approach to care for patients with terminal dementia is preferred. Although the 6-month risk for mortality can be predicted (to satisfy current American hospice eligibility requirements), palliative care interventions are appropriate much earlier in the course of deterioration from dementia.
Key findings
- Dementia is a common, devastating, and ultimately fatal illness.
- Although no cure exists for most causes of dementia, palliative interventions for the predictable complications of the illness can effectively reduce the suffering of patients and families.
- Care of patients with end-stage dementia is clinically and conceptually consistent with hospice and palliative care, and this approach to care for patients with terminal dementia is preferred.
- Although the 6-month risk for mortality can be predicted (to satisfy current American hospice eligibility requirements), palliative care interventions are appropriate much earlier in the course of deterioration from dementia.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
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 and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 36 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Clinics in geriatric medicine) |
| 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 | 2000 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| 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 10783434) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 21 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 36 out of 100. |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Shuster, J. L. (2000). Palliative care for advanced dementia. Clinics in geriatric medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70062-8
Vancouver
Shuster JL. Palliative care for advanced dementia. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 2000. doi:10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70062-8. PMID: 10783434.
BibTeX
@article{shuster2000-10783434,
author = {Shuster, J. L.},
title = {{Palliative care for advanced dementia}},
journal = {Clinics in geriatric medicine},
year = {2000},
doi = {10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70062-8},
pmid = {10783434},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(05)70062-8}
}