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Environmental interventions to support orientation and social engagement of people with Alzheimer's disease
- Source :
- Dementia & Neuropsychologia, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 510-523, Published: 03 DEC 2021, Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.15 n.4 2021, Dementia & Neuropsychologia, Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC), instacron:ANCC, Dementia & Neuropsychologia, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 510-523 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The built environment can be a home to compensatory strategies aimed at increasing the independence of elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease, by mitigating the cognitive impairment caused by it. Objective: The aim of this study was to find out which interventions were performed in indoor environments and observe their impacts on the relief of behavioral symptoms related to the disorientation of elderly people with probable Alzheimer’s disease. Methods: A systematic review was carried out using the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses criteria in the MEDLINE/PubMed database. Two researchers carried out the selection of the studies, following the same methodology. The third author contributed during the writing process and in the decision-making. Results: Of note, 375 studies were identified and 20 studies were included in this systematic review. The identified interventions were classified into environmental communications and environmental characteristics. Conclusions: Environmental communications had positive results in guiding and reducing agitation. In contrast, while reducing behavioral symptoms related to orientation, environmental characteristics showed improvements mainly in social engagement and functional capacity. RESUMO O ambiente construído pode ser lar para estratégias compensatórias destinadas a aumentar a independência de idosos com doença de Alzheimer, ao mitigar o comprometimento cognitivo causado por ela. Objetivo: Descobrir quais intervenções foram realizadas em ambientes internos e observar seus impactos no alívio de sintomas comportamentais relacionados à desorientação de idosos com provável doença de Alzheimer. Métodos: Uma revisão sistemática foi realizada usando os critérios Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses na base de dados Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online/ PubMed. Dois pesquisadores realizaram a seleção dos estudos seguindo a mesma metodologia. O terceiro autor contribuiu durante o processo de redação e nas tomadas de decisão. Resultados: Foram identificados 375 estudos e 20 foram incluídos na presente revisão sistemática. As intervenções observadas foram classificadas em comunicações ambientais e características ambientais. Conclusões: As comunicações ambientais tiveram resultados positivos na orientação e na redução da agitação. As características ambientais, por outro lado, embora reduzam os sintomas comportamentais relacionados à orientação, mostraram melhorias principalmente no engajamento social e na capacidade funcional.
- Subjects :
- doença de Alzheimer
interior design and furnishings
demência
decoração de interiores e mobiliário
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Sensory Systems
evidence-based facility design
Neurology
projeto arquitetônico baseado em evidências
Neurology (clinical)
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Alzheimer’s disease
RC321-571
dementia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19805764
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dementianeuropsychologia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....38009ee8b7b99739b231e3846b48af78