Hospitalisation rates and predictors in people with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalisation is often harmful for people with dementia and results in high societal costs, so avoidance of unnecessary admissions is a global priority. However, no intervention has yet reduced admissions of community-dwelling people with dementia. We therefore aimed to examine hospitalisation rates of people with dementia and whether these differ from people without dementia and to identify socio-demographic and clinical predictors of hospitalisation.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO from inception to 9 May 2019. We included observational studies which (1) examined community-dwelling people with dementia of any age or dementia subtype, (2) diagnosed dementia using validated diagnostic criteria, and (3) examined all-cause general (i.e. non-psych

SUBMITTER: Shepherd H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628507 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature