Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia: Summary

Abstract

This review considers different types of dementia populations (not just Alzheimer's Disease [AD]) in subjects from both community and institutional settings. The studies eligible in this systematic review were restricted to parallel RCTs of high methodological quality. Methods A team of content specialists was assembled from both international and local experts. The purpose of the expert panel was to assist in the topic assessment and refinement process; in addition, complex methodological issues were evaluated by this expert panel. Search Strategy Search strategies were developed and undertaken in the electronic databases including Cochrane Central, MEDLINE ® , PreMEDLINE ® , EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL ® , AgeLine, and PsycINFO. In addition to the electronic databases, the bibliographies of retrieved papers were reviewed.