Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

Original Article

Agitation in Home-dwelling Persons with Dementia and Coping Behaviors in Primary Care-givers to the Agitation: Hye Suk Kim, Hee Ok Park; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2012;23(3):256-265. Published online September 30, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.0000/jkachn.2012.23.3.256

Abstract PDF: PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate agitation in home-dwelling persons with dementia and coping behaviors of primary family care-givers to agitation.
METHODS
The research was designed as a descriptive study. A total of two hundred and five subjects had participated in this study. To measure agitation in persons with dementia, Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory was used. To measure coping behaviors of primary family care-givers to the agitation, a questionnaire was used. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test were used to answer the research objectives.
RESULTS
'Repetitive mannerisms' and 'repeating sentences' were the most commonly occurred agitation in home-dwelling persons with dementia. 'Leaving the situation', 'allowing certain time', and 'soothing by talking' were the most common coping behaviors occurred in primary care-givers.
CONCLUSION
The findings of the current study would provide meaningful data to develop nursing programs to control agitation for home-dwelling persons with dementia and education programs for primary care-givers to cope with persons' agitation.

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