Faculty of Nursing, Senri Kinran University, 5-25-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Psychogeriatrics. 2013 Jun;13(2):80-7. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12011.
Although wandering is one of the major research focuses of the behavioural psychological symptoms of dementia, assessment of wandering has mostly relied on caregiver-administered questionnaires. The purpose of this study was to compare staff-administered Algase Wandering Scale outcomes with objective temporal and spatial movement indicators obtained from the Integrated Circuit (IC) tag monitoring system.
Patients with dementia were recruited from a dementia care unit in Osaka, Japan in 2007. Primary nurses administered the Algase Wandering Scale, and the temporal and spatial movements of the subjects were monitored by the IC tag. Written informed consent was obtained from each subject's proxies.
Nurses' assessments of wandering were in agreement with the IC tag outcomes only during the day shift. Spatial movements assessed by the staff did not reflect those measured by the IC tag.
This objective measurement of wandering showed the limitations in the assessment of spatial and temporal movement by the staff.
尽管 wander（游荡）是痴呆行为心理症状的主要研究焦点之一，但 wander 的评估大多依赖于照料者管理的问卷。本研究的目的是比较工作人员管理的 Algase 游荡量表结果与从集成电路（IC）标签监测系统获得的客观时间和空间运动指标。
2007 年，从日本大阪的一个痴呆护理病房招募了痴呆患者。初级护士管理 Algase 游荡量表，并且通过 IC 标签监测受试者的时间和空间运动。从每个受试者的代理人处获得书面知情同意书。
护士对游荡的评估仅在白班与 IC 标签结果一致。工作人员评估的空间运动与 IC 标签测量的运动并不相符。
这种对游荡的客观测量显示了工作人员对空间和时间运动评估的局限性。
