1 Department of Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, and Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2 Innovative Aging Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2018 Nov;33(7):471-478. doi: 10.1177/1533317518788158. Epub 2018 Jul 16.
Participation in group activities can benefit persons with dementia, alleviating boredom, improving affect, maintaining function, and decreasing problematic behaviors.
We describe patterns of attendance of residents with dementia at nursing home activity groups and investigate stimulus and environmental factors that may affect attendance.
Residents participated in 60.8% of the activities, with reasons for nonattendance including refusal (9.7%), not being on the unit (7.8%), being asleep (6.8%), and being involved in activities of daily living and other activities (8.3%). On average, 3.5 other residents not recruited for the study chose to participate in each group session. Group attendance was significantly related to group topic.
The need for activities was evident by the attendance of both invited and other residents. Understanding the factors that affect attendance is the first step toward developing procedures to maximize participation in activities in order to decrease loneliness and boredom in this population.
参与团体活动可以使痴呆患者受益，减轻其无聊感，改善情绪，保持功能，并减少问题行为。
我们描述了养老院活动组中痴呆患者的出勤率模式，并调查了可能影响出勤率的刺激和环境因素。
居民参加了 60.8%的活动，未参加的原因包括拒绝（9.7%）、不在病房（7.8%）、睡着（6.8%）以及进行日常生活活动和其他活动（8.3%）。平均而言，研究中未被招募的其他 3.5 名居民选择参加每次小组活动。小组出席情况与小组主题显著相关。
通过邀请和其他居民的出席，可以明显看出他们对活动的需求。了解影响出勤率的因素是制定程序以最大程度地提高活动参与度的第一步，从而减少这一人群的孤独感和无聊感。
