Table 4.
Number of Recommendations Per Type of Recommendation and Per Rehabilitation Domain for Each Clinical Practice Guideline
| Domain | Guideline | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OT | RN | NICE | HD_PT | GAC | EHDN | ||
| Numbers based on recommendation types (% rounded) | |||||||
| Service | 2 (4%) | 3 (5%) | 6 (14%) | — | 24 (53%) | 4 (3%) | 39 (12%) |
| Assessment | — | 16 (27%) | 6 (14%) | — | 2 (4%) | 26 (22%) | 49 (15%) |
| Intervention | 57 (96%) | 40 (68%) | 32 (72%) | 7 (100%) | 19 (42%) | 89 (75%) | 242 (73%) |
| Totala | 59 | 59 | 44 | 7 | 45 | 119 | 330 |
| Recommendation (assessment and intervention) numbers based on identified rehabilitation domainsb | |||||||
| Mental cognitive | 8 | 12 | 12 | — | 6 | 17 | 55 |
| Mental emotional | — | 3 | 5 | — | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| Speech, language communication | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 16 | 20 |
| Dysphagia | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Nutrition | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Pain | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Motor/mobility | 3 | — | — | 8 | — | 1 | 12 |
| Activities of daily living | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| Carer/family support | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 35 |
| Self-manage | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 8 |
Notes: GAC = Guideline Adaptation Committee. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Principles of Care for People with Dementia; RN = Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. Delirium, Dementia, and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care (2nd ed.); OT = American Occupational Therapy Association. Occupational therapy practice guidelines for adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related major neurocognitive disorders; NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers; EHDN = European Huntington’s Disease Network. International Guidelines for the Treatment of Huntington’s disease; HD_PT = Clinical practice recommendations to guide physical therapy practice for Huntington’s disease.
aSome of the recommendations cover more than one type.
bTen most frequently recommended domains have been presented here. Domains that had less than seven recommendations are not listed here including vision, bowel and bladder management and toileting, sexual functions and intimate relationships, respiration, exercise and fitness, falls prevention, and interactions and relationships.