To construct a scientific and practical group activity program for senile dementia.

A systematic search was conducted to identify the literature on group activities of senile dementia in the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, guidelines from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, JBI EBP database, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data until January 1, 2022. Two researchers independently evaluated the methodological quality of the included literature. According to the retrieved literature, the first draft of group activity program was made. Two rounds of Delphi expert correspondence were conducted with experts from medical, nursing, rehabilitation and community care fields, and evaluated by expert authority coefficient and coordination coefficient, finally, the content index system of group activity program for senile dementia was established.

The recovery rates of the two rounds of expert consultation questionnaires were 94.44% and 94.74%, the degree of authority were 0.79 and 0.82, the coordination coefficients of importance were 0.149 and 0.184, and the coordination coefficients of feasibility were 0.130 and 0.366, all P < 0.01. Finally, the group activities program for senile dementia consists of 4 first-class indicators, 15 second-class indicators and 38 third-class indicators.

The group activity program for senile dementia is scientific and feasible, and can be promoted and implemented within institutions with qualification and professional capabilitie at different levels.