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| Dementia care mapping as a research tool | | Author(s) | Philip D Sloane, Dawn Brooker, Lauren Cohen |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 22, no 6, June 2007 |
| Pages | pp 580-589 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Quality of life ; Management [care] ; Measurement ; Evaluation ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | Dementia care mapping (DCM) was originally developed as a clinical tool but has attracted interest as a potential observational measure of quality of life (QOL) and well-being of long-term care residents with dementia. DCM coding involves continuous observation over a 6 hour period, with observers recording a Behaviour Category Code (BCC, a recording of activity or interaction) and a Well/Ill Being (WIB) score at 5 minute intervals. Descriptive data from several different research teams on the distribution and psychometric properties of DCM data were compiled and summarised. Issues and problems identified include: complex scoring algorithms, inter-rater reliability of the BCCs, limited variability of WIB values, association between resident characteristics and DCM assessments, rater time burden, and comparability of results across study settings. Despite the identified limitations, DCM has promise as a research measure, as it may come closer to rating QOL from the perspective of people with dementia than other variable measures. Its utility will depend on the manner with which it is applied and an appreciation of the measure's strength and limitations. Possible changes that might improve DCM's reliability, validity and practicality as a research tool include coding the predominant event (rather than the 'best' event), shortening the observation period, and adding '0' as a neutral WIB option.(RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070627229 A |
| Classmark | EA: F:59: QA: 3R: 4C: 3D |
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