Objectives: Analysis of a relationship between wandering and involvement in meaningful activities in nursing home residents with cognitive impairment.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of the minimum data set information.
Setting: The analyses were conducted on 8 nursing homes in the Netherlands.
Participants: The participants were residents aged 65 years and above with an evidence of cognitive impairment.
Measurements: Items in the minimum data set related to wandering behavior, involvement in activities, presence of psychotic symptoms, and treatment with antipsychotics. Ambulatory residents who exhibited wandering were divided into: those whose behavior was easily altered [modifiable wandering (MW)] and those whose wandering behavior was not easily altered by the staff [nonmodifiable wandering (NMW)]. The duration of time for which they had opportunity to be involved in meaningful activities was estimated from involvement in activities of nonambulatory residents.
Results: The prevalence of wandering increased with severity of cognitive impairment. MW was present in 3.5% of total residents (8.5% of ambulatory), whereas NMW was present in 11.2% of the total ambulatory and nonambulatory residents (26.6% of ambulatory). The risk of NMW was increased with resistiveness to care and decreased with antipsychotic use. Individuals with NMW were less involved in activities. NMW was more prevalent in facilities in which residents were involved in activities for a shorter duration.
Conclusions: Involvement of residents in meaningful activities should be tested for reducing the incidence of problematic wandering and for decrease in usage of antipsychotic medications.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0b013e31826d012e | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
The influence of sociodemographic and health factors on adherence to home-based rehabilitation after fast-track total knee arthroplasty: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
Disabil Rehabil
January 2025
Clinic Institute of Medical and Surgical Specialties (ICEMEQ), Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Purpose: Adherence to home rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is essential to reach optimal functional outcomes, especially in fast-track procedures. The aim of this study is to identify which sociodemographic and health factors significantly affect adherence in this context.
Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial with 52 patients.
Electrochemically Driven Selective Olefin Epoxidation by Cobalt-TAML Catalyst.
J Am Chem Soc
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea.
Epoxides are versatile chemical intermediates that are used in the manufacture of diversified industrial products. For decades, thermochemical conversion has long been employed as the primary synthetic route. However, it has several drawbacks, such as harsh and explosive operating conditions, as well as a significant greenhouse gas emissions problem.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProtective Coating of Single-Crystalline Ni-Rich Cathode Enables Fast Charging in All-Solid-State Batteries.
ACS Nano
January 2025
Battery and Electrochemistry Laboratory (BELLA), Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany.
Improving interfacial stability between cathode active material (CAM) and solid electrolyte (SE) is vital for developing high-performance all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs), with compatibility issues among the cell components representing a major challenge. CAM surface coating with a chemically inert ion conductor is a promising approach to suppress side reactions occurring at the cathode interfaces. Another strategy to mitigate mechanical degradation involves utilizing single-crystalline particle morphologies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHonduran nurses' perceptions among the quality of care for stroke patients: a qualitative study.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem
January 2025
National Autonomous University of Honduras, School of Nursing, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras.
Objective: to explore the nurses' perceptions among the quality of care to stroke patients in a public hospital in Northern Honduras.
Method: a descriptive phenomenological study was carried out. The data collection was conducted by means of depth- interviews to 20 general nurses from the emergency and clinical medicine departments from the Atlántida General Hospital.
[Offer and participation in body practices and physical activities in primary health care in Brazil: analysis from 2014 to 2022].
Cien Saude Colet
January 2025
Serviço de Orientação ao Exercício, Prefeitura Municipal de Vitória. Vitória ES Brasil.
The scope of this article is to analyze the temporal trend and macro-regional distribution of the options on offer in terms of collective activities of bodily practices and physical activities (BPPA) and the number of participants in primary health care, developed by all health professionals and by Physical Education Professionals in Brazil. It involved an ecological time-series study, using data from the Health Information System for Primary Health Care (Sisab) between 2014 and 2022, which was assessed using regression analysis and Joinpoint software. At the national level, the results revealed an increase in the number of collective BPPA activities and participants in primary health care developed by all health professionals and by Physical Education Professionals between 2014 and 2019, followed by a reduction in both in 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!