Cohen-Mansfield J, Werner P, Marx M S
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington.
Int Psychogeriatr. 1989 Fall;1(2):153-65. doi: 10.1017/s1041610289000165.
Direct observations of 24 highly agitated, cognitively impaired nursing home residents were performed during each hour of the 24-hour day for 2-3 months. Results showed that agitated behaviors (in particular, strange noises, requests for attention, repetitious mannerisms, picking at things, strange movements, and pacing) were manifested at very high frequencies. The data also showed that daytime agitation was positively related to nighttime agitation. Patterns of agitation were specific to each resident, an important finding for future research and intervention.
在24小时的一天中，每个小时对24名高度烦躁、认知受损的养老院居民进行直接观察，持续2至3个月。结果显示，烦躁行为（特别是奇怪的噪音、寻求关注、重复的习惯动作、乱抓东西、奇怪的动作和踱步）出现的频率非常高。数据还表明，白天的烦躁与夜间的烦躁呈正相关。每个居民的烦躁模式都很独特，这对未来的研究和干预来说是一项重要发现。
