Hearing and vision screening tools for long-term care residents with dementia: protocol for a scoping review

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011945

. 2016 Jul 26;6(7):e011945.

doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011945.

Hearing and vision screening tools for long-term care residents with dementia: protocol for a scoping review

Katherine S McGilton¹, Fiona Höbler², Jennifer Campos³, Kate Dupuis⁴, Tammy Labreche⁵, Dawn M Guthrie⁶, Jonathan Jarry⁷, Gurjit Singh⁸, Walter Wittich⁹

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¹ Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Audiology, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Sight Enhancement, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ School of Optometry, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁸ Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Phonak AG, Stäfa, Switzerland Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ School of Optometry, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada CRIR/Centre de réadaptation MAB-Mackay du CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. Montréal, Quebec, Canada CRIR/Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille du CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 27466242
PMCID: PMC4964241
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011945

Hearing and vision screening tools for long-term care residents with dementia: protocol for a scoping review

Katherine S McGilton et al. BMJ Open. 2016.

. 2016 Jul 26;6(7):e011945.

doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011945.

Authors

Katherine S McGilton¹, Fiona Höbler², Jennifer Campos³, Kate Dupuis⁴, Tammy Labreche⁵, Dawn M Guthrie⁶, Jonathan Jarry⁷, Gurjit Singh⁸, Walter Wittich⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Audiology, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Sight Enhancement, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education and Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ School of Optometry, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁸ Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Phonak AG, Stäfa, Switzerland Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ School of Optometry, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada CRIR/Centre de réadaptation MAB-Mackay du CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal. Montréal, Quebec, Canada CRIR/Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille du CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 27466242
PMCID: PMC4964241
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011945

Abstract

Introduction: Hearing and vision loss among long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia frequently goes unnoticed and untreated. Despite negative consequences for these residents, there is little information available about their sensory abilities and care assessments and practices seldom take these abilities or accessibility needs into account. Without adequate knowledge regarding such sensory loss, it is difficult for LTC staff to determine the level of an individual's residual basic competence for communication and independent functioning. We will conduct a scoping review to identify the screening measures used in research and clinical contexts that test hearing and vision in adults aged over 65 years with dementia, aiming to: (1) provide an overview of hearing and vision screening in older adults with dementia; and (2) evaluate the sensibility of the screening tools.

Methods and analysis: This scoping review will be conducted using the framework by Arksey and O'Malley and furthered by methodological enhancements from cited researchers. We will conduct electronic database searches in CENTRAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE and PsycINFO. We will also carry out a 'grey literature' search for studies or materials not formally published, both online and through interview discussions with healthcare professionals and research clinicians working in the field. Our aim is to find new and existing hearing and vision screening measures used in research and by clinical professionals of optometry and audiology. Abstracts will be independently reviewed twice for acceptance by a multidisciplinary team of researchers and research clinicians.

Ethics and dissemination: This review will inform health professionals working with this growing population. With the review findings, we aim to develop a toolkit and an algorithmic process to select the most appropriate hearing and vision screening assessments for LTC residents with dementia that will facilitate accurate testing and can inform care planning, thereby improving residents' quality of life.

Keywords: Assessment; Long Term Care; Optometry.

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[1] Kim ES, Bayles KA. Communication in late-stage Alzheimer's disease: relation to functional markers of disease severity. Alzheimer's Care Q 2007;8:43–52.

[2] Kim ES, Bayles KA. Communication in late-stage Alzheimer's disease: relation to functional markers of disease severity. Alzheimer's Care Q 2007;8:43–52.

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[8] Pichora-Fuller MK, Dupuis K, Reed M et al. . Helping older people with cognitive decline communicate: hearing aids as part of a broader rehabilitation approach. Semin Hear 2013;34:308–30. 10.1055/s-0033-1356643 - DOI

[9] Mansur LL. Language alterations in alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Language disturbances in adulthood: New advances from the neurolinguistics perspective. Dubai, UAE: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd 2011:59–70. 10.2174/978160805108311101010059 - DOI

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