Study, country | Design | Population characteristics at baseline | Dementia status/ assessment | Reason for hospital admission; type of ward/facility | Intervention | Comparator | Outcomes | Study duration |
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DiNapoli et al. (2016) [36] USA | RCT | n = 52 Plwd (I: 26, C: 26), mean age: 70.6, 60% women | Mild to moderate cognitive impairment as indicated by a score of 15–27 on the Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination | Involuntarily committed to receive care as a result of displaying inappropriate behaviours or disturbing the peace; Psychogeriatric (geriatric psychiatry facility) | Individualized social activities intervention to improve QoL of cognitively impaired geriatric patients | Usual care including scheduled psychoeducational groups, pharmaco-therapy, and social work consults provided by the facility | QoL, behaviour | up to 2 weeks |
Gitlin et al. (2016) [37] USA | TS | n = 20 Plwd, mean age: 77.6, 60% women | Patients with a dementia diagnosis | Behavioural disturbances; Psychogeriatric (medical behavioural unit) | Tailored Activity Program for Hospitals (TAP-H) to improve engagement in Plwd admitted for behavioural disturbances | Standardised activity session at baseline | Engagement, mood | unclear |
Weber et al. (2009) [38] Switzerland | TS | n = 76 Plwd, mean age: 77.5, 49% women | Clinical diagnosis of dementia according to ICD-10 criteria. Dementia severity assessed using the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale | Behavioural disturbances; Psychiatric day hospital | Psychotherapeutically-oriented day hospital program for Plwd with BPSD | Admission as baseline time point | Engagement (therapeutic progress), behaviour | 12+ months |
Cheong et al. (2016) [39] Singapore | BA | n = 25 Plwd/delirium, mean age: 86.5, 60% women | Dementia diagnosed by geriatricians according to DSM-IV; delirium ascertained with the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) | Not specified; Acute care | Creative music therapy sessions for Plwd and/or delirium to improve wellbeing | (pre-intervention) | Engagement, mood | 3 months |
Daykin et al. (2017) [40] UK | BA | n = 20 Plwd, aged > 80, 65% women | Patients with a dementia diagnosis | Not specified; Acute care | Inclusive participatory music activity to support wellbeing of Plwd | (pre-intervention) | Behaviour | 10 weeks |
Windle et al. (2018) [41] UK | PC | n = 23 Plwd, mean age 81.4, 52% women | Patients with a dementia diagnosis or evidence of age-related memory impairment. Dementia severity assessed using the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale | Not specified; NHS assessment units | Visual arts programme to improve wellbeing and social behaviours of Plwd | Unstructured social activity with no arts activities at baseline | Wellbeing, QoL, engagement (communication) | 6 months |