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Original Article
Agitation in Home-dwelling Persons with Dementia and Coping Behaviors in Primary Care-givers to the Agitation
Hye Suk Kim, Heeok Park
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2012;23(3):256-265.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.0000/jkachn.2012.23.3.256
Published online: September 30, 2012

1Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.

• Received: March 30, 2012   • Accepted: September 5, 2012

Copyright © 2012 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

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  • 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, Scheffé 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.
Table 1
Agitation in Persons with Dementia (N=205)
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Table 2
Primary Care-giver's Coping Behaviors to Agitation in Persons with Dementia (N=205)
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Table 3
Agitation in Persons with Dementia according to Characteristics (N=205)
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Table 4
Primary Care-giver's Coping Behaviors to Agitation in Persons with Dementia according to Characteristics (N=205)
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