Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria.
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
| Published in English | Not published in English |
| Human subjects | Nonhuman subjects |
| Description of demographics included | |
| Description of setting included | |
| Set in any residential or health-care setting | Includes acute admission to hospital as exposure |
| Measures factors specifically related to 6-month outcome | Measures results outside of a 6-month outcome |
| Measures specific exposure of advanced dementia | |
| Diagnoses of “dementia” or “advanced dementia” adhere to any validated criterion (or criteria) | |
| Includes diagnoses of Alzheimer disease, vascular dementia, multi-infarct dementia, and/or tauopathies | Includes diagnoses of MCI or early-stage dementia, AIDS dementia, delirium, prion disease, Rett syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and/or schizophrenia |
| Results in quantitative findings | Results in qualitative findings |
MCI: mild cognitive impairment.