Yes / This systematic review identifies and reports the extent and nature of evidence to
support the use of Dementia Care Mapping as an intervention in care settings.
The review was limited to studies that used Dementia Care Mapping as an intervention and
included outcomes involving either care workers and/or people living with dementia. Searches were
conducted in PubMed, Web of Knowledge, CINAHL, PsychINFO, EBSCO and Scopus and manually
from identified articles reference lists. Studies published up to January 2017 were included. Initial
screening of identified papers was based on abstracts read by one author; full-text papers were
further evaluated by a second author. The quality of the identified papers was assessed
independently by two authors using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool. A narrative synthesis of
quantitative findings was conducted.
We identified 6 papers fulfilling predefined criteria. Studies consist of recent, large scale,
good quality trials that had some positive impacts upon care workers’ stress and burnout and benefit
people with dementia in terms of agitated behaviours, neuropsychiatric symptoms, falls and quality of
life.
Available research provides preliminary evidence that Dementia Care Mapping may
benefit care workers and people living with dementia in care settings. Future research should build on
the successful studies to date and use other outcomes to better understand the benefits of this
intervention.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/12123 |
| Date | 17 May 2017 |
| Creators | Barbosa, Ana, Lord, Kathryn, Blighe, Alan J., Mountain, Gail |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted Manuscript |
| Rights | © 2017 Cambridge University Press. Full-text reproduced in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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