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| Predictors of agitation in nursing home residents | | Author(s) | David E Vance, Louis D Burgio, David L Roth |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 2, March 2003 |
| Pages | pp P129-137 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Aggression ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Measurement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Agitation in nursing home residents presents a serious challenge to caregivers, and may place residents at risk for harm. Understanding the aetiology of agitation can assist clinicians in developing neuropharmacological interventions for preventing and treating this problem. This study used structural equation modelling to examine independent and common predictors of resident agitation. Agitation was measured both with a standardised staff report rating scale and direct behavioural observation. No indirect or modelling effects were found. Cognitive impairment, vision and hearing impairment, and gender were found to be independent predictors of agitation as measured by direct behavioural observation. Only cognitive impairment was found to be predictive of agitation as measured by the standardised staff scale. An unexpected finding was that visual impairment appeared to exert a protective effect for agitation in these severely cognitively impaired residents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030416009 A |
| Classmark | EP: EPB: KX: LHB: 3R: 7T |
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