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| Contexts and impacts of disruptive behavior in institutionalized elders | | Author(s) | E Soulder, K Heithoff, P S O'Sullivan |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 1, February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 54-68 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Psychogeriatric patients ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This US study describes the development of the Disruptive Behavior Impact Assessment (DBIA) designed to measure three aspects of severity of 44 disruptive behaviours: first, the resources used to deal with DBs (e.g. increased patient care time); second, the physical impact of DBs (e.g.injury to the patient or others); and third, the psychological impact of DBs on staff. Data were collected prospectively for 21 consecutive shifts on each of 240 institutionalised subjects diagnosed with cognitive impairment, psychiatric and mixed diagnoses. The contexts and impacts of 894 episodes of disruptive behaviour are described. Although 25% of all disruptive behaviours required no intervention, those receiving intervention required 24 minutes to manage the "average" disruption, most of which was spent on direct care. Physical impact included injuries to others (0.8%) and physical damage to the environment (0.9%). The average caregiver reported minimal emotional adverse affect from DBs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990607012 A |
| Classmark | EP: LF:E: DA:4C: 7T |
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