The incidence and prevalence of delirium across palliative care settings: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delirium is a common and distressing neurocognitive condition that frequently affects patients in palliative care settings and is often underdiagnosed.

Aim

Expanding on a 2013 review, this systematic review examines the incidence and prevalence of delirium across all palliative care settings.

Design

This systematic review and meta-analyses were prospectively registered with PROSPERO and included a risk of bias assessment.

Data sources

Five electronic databases were examined for primary research studies published between 1980 and 2018. Studies on adult, non-intensive care and non-postoperative populations, either receiving or eligible to receive palliative care, underwent dual reviewer screening and data extraction. Studies using standardized delirium

SUBMITTER: Watt CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6691600 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature