School of Nursing, Senri Kinran University, 5-25-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2010 Mar;25(2):167-72. doi: 10.1177/1533317509356688. Epub 2010 Jan 27.
Wandering is a complex behavior, and defining wandering has been challenging. The current study used the integrated circuit (IC) tag monitoring system to describe the distance moved per day and the spatial movements of patients with dementia. The study was conducted in a 60-bed semiacute dementia care unit in a general hospital in Japan over a 3-month period in 2006. The distance moved per day, the numbers of pacing and lapping movements, and the proportions of the distance moved that was paced or lapped were tabulated in 23 patients diagnosed with dementia. The distance moved per day and the numbers of pacing and lapping movements varied greatly within and among study participants. The median distance moved per day was inversely correlated with participants' age and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores (adjusted r(2) = .34, P = .01). Consecutive lapping and pacing movements were rare patients with in Alzheimer's disease (AD), while 2 patients with frontotemporal dementia paced or lapped repeatedly.
wandering 是一种复杂的行为，定义 wandering 一直具有挑战性。本研究使用集成电路 (IC) 标签监测系统来描述痴呆患者每天移动的距离和空间运动。该研究于 2006 年在日本一家综合医院的 60 张半急性痴呆护理病房进行，为期 3 个月。对 23 名被诊断为痴呆症的患者进行了每天移动的距离、踱步和环绕运动的次数以及踱步或环绕运动所占据的距离比例的制表。每位参与者每天移动的距离和踱步及环绕运动的次数变化很大。每天移动的距离中位数与参与者的年龄和简易精神状态检查 (MMSE) 评分呈负相关 (调整后的 r² =.34，P =.01)。连续的环绕和踱步运动在阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 患者中很少见，而 2 名额颞叶痴呆患者则反复踱步或环绕。
