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| Agitated behavior in elderly nursing home residents with dementia in Japan | | Author(s) | Andrea S Schreiner, Eiko Yamamoto, Hisako Shiotani |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 3, May 2000 |
| Pages | pp P180-P186 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Japan. |
| Annotation | This study is the first investigation of the frequency of agitated behaviours in older dementia patients in Japanese nursing homes using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory, (CMAI) 1991. Despite major differences between Japanese and American cultures, findings were highly consistent with those of previous US studies. Physically aggressive behaviour, although evidenced by only 10-20% of the sample, comprised the strongest factor. A separate factor for verbal agitation also emerged. The behaviours declined during the evening and night shifts. In both Japanese and US samples, wandering, general restlessness, verbal agitation (such as repetitious questioning, cursing and complaining) occurred most frequently. Another 4-point scale was used to code the degrees to which agitated behaviour occurred during eating, dressing, bathing and toileting for each resident. Most of the aggressive behaviour occurred in relation to personal caregiving, especially in regard to bathing. Despite major cultural differences, Japanese findings paralleled previous US results. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000825227 A |
| Classmark | EP: EA: KX: LHB: 7DT |
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