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Guidelines for the management of agitation in dementia

✍ Scribed by Robert Howard; Clive Ballard; John O'Brien; Alistair Burns

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 54 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.418

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✦ Synopsis

The development of these guidelines followed the principles detailed in the Appraisal Instrument for Clinical Guidelines (http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/ phs/hceu/form.htm). The Group represents specialist old age psychiatrists, geriatricians, psychologists, general practitioners and social scientists involved in the care of people with dementia in the UK and Ireland. The af®liations of all members are given in the Appendix. No external funding or support was received for the development of the guidelines. In order to establish practice guidelines for the management of agitation in dementia, CB and JO'B carried out a MEDLINE and CINAHL search to identify all randomized controlled studies in dementia which included the assessment of non-cognitive symptoms. Next, a writing committee (RH, CB and JO'B) was convened to review available evidence and develop a draft practice guidelines document on behalf of the Group. The draft was circulated to all members of the group for comment before a revised version was seen and approved by all members of the group for publication.

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