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A randomized trial of a combined physical activity and environmental intervention in nursing home residents
— do sleep and agitation improve? | | Author(s) | Cathy A Alessi, Eun J Yoon, John F Schnelle |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 7, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 784-791 |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Sleep behaviour ; Aggression ; Residents [care homes] ; Incontinence ; Nursing homes ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study provides preliminary evidence that an intervention combining increased physical activity with improvement in the nighttime nursing home environment improves sleep and decreases agitation in nursing home residents. 29 incontinent residents received either: an intervention combining increased daytime physical activity (for 14 weeks) plus a nighttime programme (5 nights) to decrease noise and sleep-disruptive nursing care practices; or the nighttime programme alone. Physical function measures did not change significantly. At follow-up, intervention subjects averaged a 32% decrease in observed time spent in bed during the day compared with baseline, with essentially no change in controls. 7 of 15 intervention subjects had a decrease in observed agitation at follow-up, compared with baseline, versus only 1 of 14 controls with a decrease in agitation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825314 A |
| Classmark | CEA: CG: EPB: KX: CTM: LHB: 7T |
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