Effectiveness of interventions to indirectly support food and drink intake in people with dementia: Eating and Drinking Well in dementiA (EDWINA) systematic review

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bunn, Diane K ^a   Abdelhamid, Asmaa ^a,i   Copley, Maddie ^b   Cowap, Vicky ^c   Dickinson, Angela ^d   Howe, Amanda ^a   Killett, Anne ^e   Poland, Fiona ^e   Potter, John F ^a,f   Richardson, Kate ^f   Smithard, David ^g   Fox, Chris ^a,h   Hooper, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

^c NorseCare   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Dehydration; Dementia; Diet; Drinking; Eating; Malnutrition; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; DRINKING; EARLY INTERVENTION; EATING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DRINKING; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EATING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84979071562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0256-8     Document Type: Review

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