Collecting data on the experiences and perspectives of people with dementia in the acute care hospital setting: A systematic scoping review

Author:

Adams Annette1,Lole Lisa1ORCID,Oorloff Anthea1ORCID,Duffy Cameron2

Affiliation:

1. School of Health, Medical, and Applied Sciences Central Queensland University Rockhampton Queensland Australia

2. Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health Cairns Queensland Australia

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundPeople with dementia frequently experience poor health outcomes that require hospitalisation; however, the hospital setting is generally unsuitable for these patients. While it is well‐recognised that understanding patient perspectives is crucial to providing person‐centred care, current clinical care guidelines do not describe how to effectively collect feedback from people with dementia. Historically, people with dementia have generally been neglected from data collection exercises among practitioners and academic researchers, alike.ObjectiveThe objective of this review is to describe the data collection processes from peer‐reviewed evidence sources that include direct consultation with, and elicit feedback from, patients with dementia about their care experience in the hospital setting.MethodsThe protocol for this systematic scoping review was pre‐registered (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16614667.v1). The review considered primary quantitative and qualitative research involving people with dementia as research participants, regarding the quality of hospital care from the patient's perspective. Four databases were searched (MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, APA PsycINFO and Embase), with 14 studies meeting the eligibility criteria.ResultsThere has been an increased interest in gaining the perspectives of people with dementia on their health care over the past 5 years. Sundry methodologies were employed by these studies, but most used informal qualitative interviews to support and enable participants with diverse symptoms and functional abilities to take part. Procedures concerning recruitment, ethics and consent, and data collection processes were, likewise, varied and not reported consistently across this body of evidence.ConclusionsPeople with dementia can be meaningfully consulted as research participants in the hospital setting. Increased rigour when reporting the methodologies and strategies used during data collection is needed to provide guidance for health services and researchers to further enable the inclusion of people with dementia.Implications for practiceIncluding people with dementia in data collection endeavours in the hospital setting is essential to improving health outcomes, increasing equity and providing better hospital service delivery to this vulnerable cohort.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Gerontology

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