Relationship between the severity of agitation and quality of life in residents with dementia living in German nursing homes - a secondary data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe agitation and its relation to single dimensions of quality of life are not well understood. The aim of this study was to gain more knowledge about severe agitation and to examine the relationships between the severity of agitation and single dimensions of quality of life among residents with dementia living in German nursing homes.

Methods

This exploratory secondary analysis included data from 1947 residents of 66 German nursing homes from the DemenzMonitor study. The construct of agitation was defined as a composite score of the items agitation/aggression, irritability/lability and disinhibition from the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q); the resident was classified as severely agitated if at least one of these symptoms was rated as 'severe'

SUBMITTER: Schmudderich K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature