Pain management for people with dementia: a cross-setting systematic review and meta-ethnography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain management for people with dementia is challenging. There is limited understanding on the experiences of pain management from people with dementia, but also from those who support them. This study synthesised the qualitative evidence to explore the perspectives of people with dementia, their family, friends, carers and healthcare professionals to pain management.

Methods

A systematic literature review was undertaken of published and unpublished literature databases (to 01 November 2021). All qualitative research studies reporting the perspectives of people with dementia, their family, friends, carers and healthcare professionals to managing pain were included. Eligible studies were appraised using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) qualitative app

SUBMITTER: Smith TO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9940246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature