Household-level lifestyle interventions for the prevention of cognitive decline; A Systematic review.

Background: Lifestyle interventions targeting households may be an effective means of promoting healthier cognitive function in later life, with extended benefit to other household members. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we sought to assess the effect of targeting lifestyle behaviours of households on cognitive outcomes METHODS: An electronic search strategy was designed to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs) where households were randomised to receive a lifestyle intervention for the prevention of cognitive decline, from database inception until April 2020. Our initial search identified no eligible studies, so we revised our search strategy to include trials enroling dyads.

Prevalence and predictors of bedrail use in an acute hospital.

Objective: to determine the prevalence and predictors of bedrail use in an acute hospital.

Design And Setting: overnight survey in a University teaching hospital.

Subjects: Three-hundred and twenty-seven beds and patients in 14 wards.

High frequency of potential entrapment gaps in beds in an acute hospital.

Objective: dimensional guidelines for bedrails have been developed to minimise the risk of patient entrapment within the bed. We examined whether bedrails in a large Irish teaching hospital complied with these standards.

Design And Setting: survey of 60 accessible beds in six hospital wards.