'Redeemed' or 'isolated' : A systematic review of the experiences of older adults receiving a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis

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BACKGROUND: Understanding the experiences of older adults living with MCI can benefit healthcare professionals in diagnosing and implementing early interventions to delay cognitive decline.

OBJECTIVE: To assess and synthesize qualitative research exploring the experience of older adults diagnosed with MCI.

METHODS: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases were searched. Studies involving the experience of being diagnosed with MCI in older adults were included. Thomas and Harden's methodology of synthesizing qualitative studies was used.

RESULTS: Eleven studies were included. Three themes were identified: perceived reality of the MCI diagnosis; emotional and psychological responses to the MCI label; coping engaged in parallel processing. Older adults had confusing perspectives on the MCI diagnosis, leading to complicated and diverse emotional reactions and coping measures.

CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between perspectives, emotional reactions, and coping methods might be the key for healthcare professionals to break through the early diagnosis and intervention of MCI.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) - 49(2023) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 57-64

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Jingya [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aged
Diagnosis
Experience
Journal Article
Mild cognitive impairment
Systematic Review
Systematic review

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Date Completed 31.01.2023

Date Revised 09.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.11.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349589631