Preventing delirium: Should non-pharmacological, multicomponent interventions be used? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-204

  Martinez, Felipe ^a   Tobar, Catalina ^a   Hill, Nathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delirium; Multicomponent interventions; Older people; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925292585     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu173     Document Type: Article

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