Nonpharmacological intervention for agitation in dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis (original) (raw)

This well-conducted review concluded that sensory interventions were the only type of non-pharmacological intervention in older adults with dementia to show beneficial effects in reducing agitation. These conclusions are likely to be reliable but, as the authors acknowledged, should be interpreted with some caution given the small sample sizes and variability in the interventions. Authors' objectives To determine the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for agitation in older adults with dementia. Searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, AgeLine, EBM Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), ACP Journal Club and ISI index were searched from inception to June 2004. Search terms were reported. References of review articles and potentially relevant studies were screened. The review was restricted to published studies in English or Korean.