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| Timed-event sequential analysis of agitation in nursing home residents during personal care interactions with nursing assistants | | Author(s) | David L Roth, Alan B Stevens, Louis D Burgio |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 5, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp P461-P468 |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Social interaction ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Training [welfare work] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Computer-assisted behavioural observation data collected from 66 US nursing home residents while they received assistance during personal care routines from certified nursing assistants (CNAs) were used to examine the effects of a comprehensive behaviour management and communication skills training programme developed for nursing staff. 30 residents showed 6 or more episodes of disruptive vocalisation or other forms of agitation at baseline. Whereas simple verbal prompts used by CNAs during personal care routines before staff training were found to elicit agitation onset, positive statements to residents were found to reduce that likelihood. A previous analysis of the effects of staff training found that rates of resident agitation were significantly lower after training compared to baseline. In the present study, timed-event sequential analysis provided an important method for studying interpersonal interactions, and indicated that verbal prompts used by CNAs during personal care routines were no longer associated with an increase in resident agitation after the training. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021107211 A |
| Classmark | ENP: KX: LHB: TMA: QTE:4UA: QW: 7T |
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