Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht,The Netherlands.
Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute (APH), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
J Aging Phys Act. 2022 Aug 29;31(2):214-222. doi: 10.1123/japa.2021-0459. Print 2023 Apr 1.
This study is conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between physical activity and agitated behavior among older people with dementia, and physical activity and characteristics of long-term care wards. Data were collected among people with dementia living in long-term care facilities (N = 76) by conducting observations at the wards and distributing questionnaires among professional caregivers. The results show that participants are largely inactive (82.8%) and a significant relation was found between the degree of physical activity and characteristics of the ward such as "taking sufficient time," which relates to the time caregivers take when interacting with residents. This study supports the existing knowledge about the degree of physical activity among people with dementia in long-term care and adds information about the potential influence of organizational factors that could be valuable for daily practice.
本研究旨在更好地了解痴呆老年人的身体活动与激越行为之间的关系，以及身体活动与长期护理病房的特点之间的关系。通过在病房进行观察并向专业护理人员分发问卷，在长期护理机构中收集了痴呆症患者的数据（N=76）。结果表明，参与者的活动量很大（82.8%），身体活动的程度与病房的特点之间存在显著关系，例如“有足够的时间”，这与护理人员与居民互动的时间有关。本研究支持了关于长期护理中痴呆症患者身体活动程度的现有知识，并提供了有关组织因素潜在影响的信息，这对日常实践可能具有价值。
