Pandpazir Masoumeh, Tajari Mozhdeh
Department of Medical Librarianship and Information, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Department of Critical Care Nursing, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):347-351. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_105_18.
Palliative care can be of great help to people with dementia during their old ages. The aim of this study was to assess the use of palliative care in patients with dementia.
Search was conducted in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases. A step-by-step approach was used to identify relevant studies, and related studies of were demarcated and other studies were excluded. This study has used empirical studies, review studies, and guidelines for health organizations in different countries.
A total of 65 sources were used, of which 24 were completely related to the subject of the study. In related studies, the use of various ways and means of palliative care to improve quality of life, reduce pain, and prevent falling in people with dementia is discussed.
Palliative care can help people with dementia to improve their quality of life; however, more research is needed on the application and proper management of palliative care in patients with dementia.
姑息治疗对老年痴呆症患者有很大帮助。本研究旨在评估痴呆症患者姑息治疗的使用情况。
在PubMed、ScienceDirect、谷歌学术和Scopus数据库中进行检索。采用逐步方法识别相关研究，划定相关研究范围并排除其他研究。本研究使用了实证研究、综述研究以及不同国家卫生组织的指南。
共使用了65个来源，其中24个与本研究主题完全相关。在相关研究中，讨论了使用各种姑息治疗方式和手段来改善痴呆症患者的生活质量、减轻疼痛和预防跌倒。
姑息治疗可以帮助痴呆症患者提高生活质量；然而，对于痴呆症患者姑息治疗的应用和适当管理还需要更多研究。
