Agitation in Home-dwelling Persons with Dementia and Coping Behaviors in Primary Care-givers to the Agitation
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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2012;23(3):256-265
Publication date (electronic) : 2012 September 30
doi :
https://doi.org/10.0000/jkachn.2012.23.3.256
Received 2012 March 30; Accepted 2012 September 05.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate agitation in home-dwelling persons with dementia and coping behaviors of primary family care-givers to agitation.
Methods
The research was designed as a descriptive study. A total of two hundred and five subjects had participated in this study. To measure agitation in persons with dementia, Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory was used. To measure coping behaviors of primary family care-givers to the agitation, a questionnaire was used. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test were used to answer the research objectives.
Results
'Repetitive mannerisms' and 'repeating sentences' were the most commonly occurred agitation in home-dwelling persons with dementia. 'Leaving the situation', 'allowing certain time', and 'soothing by talking' were the most common coping behaviors occurred in primary care-givers.
Conclusion
The findings of the current study would provide meaningful data to develop nursing programs to control agitation for home-dwelling persons with dementia and education programs for primary care-givers to cope with persons' agitation.
Keywords: Dementia; Psychomotor agitation; Caregivers; Coping behaviors
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