What do systematic reviews say?

Agitated or aggressive behaviours in dementia patients, measured on the Cohen‐Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) Scale (range 29 to 203, with 29 meaning no symptoms, and higher number of points indicating more severe symptoms)Â · diagnosis of dementia (dementia in Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, or mixed dementia; any severity

Specific behaviour ‐ agitation

Psychosis ‐ presented in units of NPI‐NH P (higher is worse)d ‐ 3364 persons in 12 RCTs of 3 to 12 weeks

Psychosis ‐ presented in units of NPI‐NH P (higher is worse)d ‐ 3364 persons in 12 RCTs of 3 to 12 weeks

Specific behaviour ‐ agitation

Functional ability: independence with activities of daily living at discharge from hospital · adults with dementia following hip fracture surgery

Functional outcomes · adults with dementia following hip fracture surgery

Activities of daily living and functional performance (functional performance measured using the SPPB at 12 months) SPPB (0 to 12 points, where higher scores equate to greater functional performance) · adults with dementia following hip fracture surgery

Cognitive function · adults with dementia following hip fracture surgery

Severity of delirium · adult AIDS patients with delirium

Any adverse event ESRS, higher = worse · adult AIDS patients with delirium

Any adverse event ESRS, higher = worse · adult AIDS patients with delirium

Depressive symptoms · people with dementia

Neuropsychiatric symptoms · people with dementia

Health‐related quality of life measured using QUALID (12–45, higher score indicates poorer quality of life) · people with dementia

Social functioning measured using MOSES, Withdrawn Behaviour subscale (8‐ 32, higher score indicates more severe withdrawn behaviour) · people with dementia

Behaviour · people with dementia

Agitation and irritability · people with dementia

Health‐related quality of life measured using QUALID (12–45, higher score indicates poorer quality of life) · people with dementia

ADL outcome · people with dementia