Temporal Relationships Between Nursing Home Staff Care Approaches and Behaviors of Residents With Dementia During Mealtimes: A Sequential Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Optimal dyadic interactions are critical to quality mealtime care and outcomes. Prior work supports associative relationships between staff approaches and individual mealtime behaviors, yet evidence on temporal relationships is limited. This study examined temporal associations between staff approaches and resident behaviors during mealtimes.

Research design and methods

Videotaped mealtime observations (N = 160) involving 36 staff and 27 residents (53 staff-resident dyads) in 9 nursing homes were analyzed. Sequential analyses using 5-, 10-, and 15-second time windows were conducted for resident positive, neutral, and challenging behaviors as antecedents as well as consequences of staff person-centered and task-centered approaches.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10396369 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature