Table 1 Studies included in the scoping review
Focusa | Author(s), years, Country | Main purposes | Study design |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention(s) effectiveness | Watson, 1993 (UK) [6] | Issues in measuring feeding problems; direct and indirect interventions; measuring intervention effectiveness Target population: older adults with dementia in any context | O + research agenda |
Amella, 1998 (USA) [24] | Direct interventions (dietary needs) and indirect interventions (social, cultural, and interactive components of mealtime) Target population: elderly individuals; special strategies for people with cognitive disabilities | O + clinical protocol | |
Manthorpe & Watson, 2003 (UK) [25] | A census of areas well-developed on feeding difficulties, as well as of areas with little knowledge and potential improvement Target population: patients with dementia and their caregivers in any setting | Position paper + research agenda | |
Watson & Green, 2006 (UK) [26] | Interventions to promote oral nutritional intake Target population: older people with dementia in any setting | SR | |
Aselage et al., 2011 (USA) [7] | Exploration of the state of the science related to assisted hand-feeding Target population: people with dementia in NHs | O | |
Chang & Roberts, 2011 (USA) [27] | Areas of feeding difficulties (initiating feeding, maintaining attention, getting food into the mouth, chewing food and swallowing food); their specific manifestations, observable behaviour associated with each; multidisciplinary and feeding strategies documented as effective Target population: patients with dementia in Hospitals and NHs | O | |
Hanson et al., 2011 (USA) [28] | Benefits of oral feeding options Target population: people with dementia in LTC | SR | |
Jackson et al., 2011 (UK) [29] | Effectiveness of mealtime interventions Target population: adults over the age of sixty with dementia living in any setting (no home) | SR | |
Abbot et al., 2013 (UK) [21] | Effectiveness of mealtime interventions Target population: elderly individuals living in residential care, including also people with dementia | SR + MA | |
Liu et al., 2014 (USA) [10] | Effectiveness of interventions on mealtime difficulties Target population: older people with dementia in any setting | SR | |
Bunn et al., 2015 (UK) [30] | Effectiveness of interventions to increase fluid intake and reduce risk of dehydration Target population: older adults who could drink living in residential, LTC special dementia units | SR | |
Douglas & Lawrence, 2015 (USA) [31] | Evaluate the research on environment-based interventions to improve nutritional status Target population: older adult and people with dementia, with preference for those live in long-term settings | NR | |
Liu et al., 2015 (USA) [8] | Effectiveness of interventions on eating performance Target population: older adults with dementia in LTC | SR | |
Abdelhamid et al., 2016 (UK) [12] | Effectiveness of direct interventions on food and fluid intake Target population: older adults with dementia or with mild cognitive impairment in any setting | SR + MA | |
Bunn et al., 2016 (UK) [32] | Effectiveness of direct interventions on food and fluid intake Target population: older adults with dementia or with mild cognitive impairment in any setting | SR | |
Concept analysis | Chang & Roberts, 2008 (USA) [29] | Characteristics of eating difficulty, its antecedents and consequences providing direction for assessment and management Target population: older adults with dementia in any setting | CA on SR |
Aselage & Amella, 2010 (USA) [33] | Characteristics, antecedents and consequences of mealtime difficulties providing direction for assessment and management Target population: older adults with dementia | CA |