title: The value of personalized psychosocial interventions to address behavioral and psychological symptoms in people with dementia living in care home settings: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several important systematic reviews and meta-analyses focusing on psychosocial interventions have been undertaken in the last decade. However, they have not focused specifically on the treatment of individual behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) with personalized interventions. This updated systematic review will focus on studies reporting the effect of personalized psychosocial interventions on key BPSD in care homes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review of the evidence for psychosocial interventions for BPSD, focusing on papers published between 2000 and 2012. All care home and nursing home studies including individual and cluster randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and pre-/post-test studies with control conditions were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  641 studies were identified, of which 40 fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria. There was good evidence to support the value of personalized pleasant activities with and without social interaction for the treatment of agitation, and reminiscence therapy to improve mood. The evidence for other therapies was more limited.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a growing body of evidence indicating specific effects of different personalized psychosocial interventions on individual BPSD and mood outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Age-Related Medicine,Stavanger University Hospital,Stavanger,Norway.
authors.forename: Ingelin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Testad
authors.affiliation: King's College London,Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases,Guy's Campus,London,UK.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.affiliation: Centre for Age-Related Medicine,Stavanger University Hospital,Stavanger,Norway.
authors.forename: Dag
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aarsland
authors.affiliation: Centre for Age-Related Medicine,Stavanger University Hospital,Stavanger,Norway.
authors.forename: Kristin Osland
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lexow
authors.affiliation: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust,Oxford,UK.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fossey
authors.affiliation: Dementia Services Development Centre Wales,Bangor University,Bangor,UK.
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.affiliation: Centre for Age-Related Medicine,Stavanger University Hospital,Stavanger,Norway.
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ballard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*