Research Institute on Aging, Charles E. Smith Life Communities, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
Aging Ment Health. 2010 Jan;14(1):67-73. doi: 10.1080/13607860902845574.
We examined engagement with stimuli in 193 nursing home residents with dementia. We hypothesized that activities and stimuli based on a person's past and current preferences would result in more engagement than other activities/stimuli.
The expanded version of the self-identity questionnaire [Cohen-Mansfield, J., Golander, H. & Arheim, G. (2000)] was used to determine participants' past/present interests (as reported by relatives) in the following areas: art, music, babies, pets, reading, television, and office work. We utilized the observational measurement of engagement (Cohen-Mansfield, J., Dakheel-Ali, M., & Marx, M.S. (2009).
Analysis revealed that residents with current interests in music, art, and pets were more engaged by stimuli that reflect these interests than residents without these interests.
Our findings demonstrate the utility of determining a person's preferences for stimuli in order to predict responsiveness. Lack of prediction for some stimuli may reflect differences between past preferences and activities that are feasible in the present.
我们观察了 193 名患有痴呆症的养老院居民与刺激物的互动情况。我们假设基于个人过去和现在的偏好的活动和刺激会比其他活动/刺激产生更多的参与。
使用扩展版的自我认同问卷[Cohen-Mansfield，J.，Golander，H.和Arheim，G.（2000）]来确定参与者过去/现在的兴趣（由亲属报告）在以下领域：艺术、音乐、婴儿、宠物、阅读、电视和办公室工作。我们利用参与的观察测量（Cohen-Mansfield，J.，Dakheel-Ali，M.和Marx，M.S.（2009）。
分析表明，目前对音乐、艺术和宠物感兴趣的居民对反映这些兴趣的刺激的参与度高于没有这些兴趣的居民。
我们的发现表明，确定一个人对刺激的偏好对于预测反应能力是有用的。对某些刺激缺乏预测可能反映了过去的偏好和目前可行的活动之间的差异。
