Guía clínica basada en la evidencia para el vagabundeo en personas hospitalizadas con demencia

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Ko-Xin Chen¹, Miao-Hsin Ko², Valerie T Cotter³

¹Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University.

Journal of gerontological nursing

|May 22, 2025

Abstracto

PropóSito:

Para desarrollar guías clínicas sobre el manejo de la deambulación errante en personas con demencia (PcD) hospitalizadas.

MéTodo:

Se utilizaron el marco PICO y una revisión bibliográfica de alcance para el desarrollo de la guía. El consenso de expertos se estableció mediante el método Delphi, seguido de revisiones externas y metodológicas. La guía fue evaluada en cuanto a su aplicabilidad clínica en pabellones hospitalarios.

Resultados:

La guía abarca dos temas y 33 recomendaciones, que fueron valoradas positivamente por expertos externos y metodológicos. De entre los 30 enfermeros que evaluaron su aplicabilidad clínica, la mayoría de las recomendaciones se consideraron fáciles de implementar.

ConclusióN:

La guía tiene el potencial de mejorar la calidad de la atención de las personas con demencia hospitalizadas.

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