Melander Catharina, Martinsson Jesper, Gustafsson Silje
Division of Nursing, Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.
Division of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2017 Dec 6;7(3):430-439. doi: 10.1159/000484890. eCollection 2017 Sep-Dec.
Understanding and interpreting the complexity of agitation in people with dementia is challenging.
To explore whether a sensor measuring electrodermal activity (EDA) can improve the identification of agitation in individuals with dementia.
Nine individuals with dementia wore a sensor that measured EDA. During the same time, assistant nurses annotated the observed behavior of the person with dementia. A binary logistic regression model was applied to assess the relationship between the sensor and the assistant nurses' structured observations of agitation.
The sensor values correlated with the assistant nurses' observations both at the time of the observation and 1 and 2 h prior to the observation.
A sensor measuring EDA can support early detection of agitation in persons with dementia.
理解和解读痴呆症患者躁动的复杂性具有挑战性。
探讨一种测量皮肤电活动（EDA）的传感器是否能改善对痴呆症患者躁动的识别。
九名痴呆症患者佩戴了测量EDA的传感器。与此同时，助理护士对痴呆症患者的观察行为进行了注释。应用二元逻辑回归模型来评估传感器与助理护士对躁动的结构化观察之间的关系。
传感器值在观察时以及观察前1小时和2小时与助理护士的观察结果相关。
一种测量EDA的传感器可以支持对痴呆症患者躁动的早期检测。
