Thomas D W
University of South Alabama, HPELS Department, Mobile 36688, USA.
J Gerontol Nurs. 1997 Jan;23(1):16-24; quiz 54-5. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-19970101-09.
The purpose of this article is to study the relationship between personality and wandering behavior among individuals with dementia. Surrogates of 20 wanderers and 20 non-wanderers were administered a demographic and personality questionnaire. The findings, which also included a qualitative follow-up, revealed that wanderers scored significantly higher than non-wanders on the personality factors of extroversion (p < or = .01) and agreeableness (p < or = .05). A strong implication of the study, for nurses and other care providers, is that for many people wandering is an expression of one's personality--ingrained over a lifetime of development--rather than solely an expression of dementia.
本文旨在研究痴呆症患者的性格与徘徊行为之间的关系。对20名徘徊者和20名非徘徊者的代理人进行了人口统计学和性格问卷调查。研究结果（其中还包括定性随访）显示，徘徊者在外向性（p≤0.01）和宜人性（p≤0.05）的性格因素上得分显著高于非徘徊者。该研究对护士和其他护理人员的一个重要启示是，对许多人来说，徘徊是一个人性格的一种表现——这种性格在一生的发展过程中根深蒂固——而不仅仅是痴呆症的一种表现。
