Zorginstellingen Pieter van Foreest, Delft, The Netherlands.
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Nurs Open. 2021 May;8(3):1243-1253. doi: 10.1002/nop2.740. Epub 2020 Dec 21.
To evaluate the process of daily going outside in a nursing home garden and explore the effect of garden use on quality of life and neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia.
A feasibility study with quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Twenty residents with a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe dementia participated. The intervention consisted of at least 30 min of garden use, whereby any activity outside is possible as long as it is person-centred and fitting within usual daily nursing home practice. Interviews were held with caregivers, and questionnaires were sent to other disciplines involved. Quality of life (QUALIDEM) and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPI-NH) were collected at baseline, intervention and postintervention.
Caregivers experienced and observed benefits of going outside for themselves, in residents and relatives. Incorporating daily garden use does not imply an additional task, but rather rearranging priorities and doing the usual activities outside a part of the time.
评估养老院花园日常外出活动的过程，并探讨花园使用对痴呆症患者生活质量和神经精神症状的影响。
一项采用定量和定性方法的可行性研究。
20 名被诊断为中度至重度痴呆的居民参与了该研究。干预措施包括至少 30 分钟的花园使用时间，只要活动以患者为中心且符合日常养老院的惯例，任何户外活动都是可能的。对护理人员进行了访谈，并向其他相关学科发送了问卷调查。在基线、干预和干预后收集生活质量（QUALIDEM）和神经精神症状（NPI-NH）。
护理人员自身、居民和家属都体验到了外出的好处。将日常花园使用纳入日常活动中并不意味着增加额外的任务，而是重新安排优先事项，将一部分时间用于室外的日常活动。
