Cochrane · systematic review · CD001120
Reminiscence therapy for dementia
Woods, B, O'Philbin, L, Farrell, EM, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · Cochrane Library
Dementia and Cognitive ImprovementAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
19
current version
GRADE rated
19
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 15.8%Low 2 · 10.5%Moderate 8 · 42.1%High 6 · 31.6%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Reminiscence Therapy compared to no treatment for people living with dementia
Population: people living with dementia
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Quality of Life (self‐report) at end of treatment Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 1060 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
Cognition at end of treatment Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 14 studies · 1219 participants | High |
Communication and Interaction at end of treatment Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 249 participants | Low Downgraded: inconsistency |
Functional behaviour at end of treatment Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 1030 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Agitation/irritability at end of treatment Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 359 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Depressed mood at end of treatment Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 973 participants | High |
Stress related to caring (caregiver) Reminiscence Therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 1155 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Reminiscence therapy compared to no treatment for people living with dementia (modality)
Population: people living with dementia (modality)
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Individual: quality of life (self‐reported) at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 23 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Individual: cognition at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 196 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Individual: communication at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 96 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Group: quality of life (self‐reported) at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 1037 participants | High |
Group: cognition at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 1023 participants | High |
Group: communication at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 153 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Reminiscence therapy compared to no treatment for people living with dementia (setting)
Population: people living with dementia (setting)
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Care home: quality of life (self‐reported) at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 193 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Care home: cognition at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 230 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Care home: communication at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 184 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Community: quality of life (self‐reported) at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 867 participants | High |
Community: cognition at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 989 participants | High |
Community: communication and interaction at end of treatment Reminiscence therapy vs no treatment | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 65 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |