Best evidence project on guideline development with multiple evidence end of life care in older people with dementia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463598
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Kansai University of International Studies
• Principal Investigator: Konno Rie 関西国際大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (10341372)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: システマティックレビュー / 認知症 / 緩和ケア / ガイドライン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project aimed to determine the best evidence related to palliative care for people with dementia　and to develop evidence-based clinical guidelines. Since this project encountered several fondamental challenges in addressing multi-dimensioned nature of palliative care practice for people with dementia, following new project will take over outcomes from this project in order to strengthen the evidence base of the clinical guidelines. So far, the project have identified status of existing palliative care guidelines published in English and Japanese. The project also identified best practice recommendations for pain assessment tools and effectiveness of palliative care interventions on various outcome measures. We have completed three oral presentations at international conferences.

Free Research Field

老年看護学