Nutritional Care for Institutionalized Persons with Dementia: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older people are at risk of malnutrition, especially when they suffer from cognitive impairment. Guidelines that orient nursing care in this regard need to be updated. The aim of this review is to address the best available evidence on interventions that can benefit nutritional nursing care for institutionalized older adults with dementia.

Methods

Integrative review using the Dimensions and Eureka search engines, and the PubMed, Embase, Scielo, CINAHL, and ScienceDirect databases. We searched from the year 2015 through to 2021. We employed the MMAT guidelines for mixed, qualitative, and quantitative studies, and the PRISMA, CASP, and JBI guidelines to value the reviews.

Results

A total of 55 studies met the inclusion criteria. The best available evidence to

SUBMITTER: Moreno-Fergusson ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10531301 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature