The Effect of Humanitude Care by Caregiver on Agitation Behaviors of Older People with Dementia

Authors

  • ธันยนันท์ พุฒิวัฒนธราดล คณะพยาบาลศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย
  • จิราพร เกศพิชญวัฒนา คณะพยาบาลศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

Keywords:

Dementia, Agitation behaviors, Humanitude care, Older people, Caregiver

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research used the One-Group Time Series Design. The objective to compare the agitation behaviors of older people with dementia before and after being provided humanitude care by the caregiver. The study on older people with dementia and primary caregivers totaled 16 pairs selected by purposive sampling.The method involved the provision of knowledge and practice about humamitude care (Yves Gineste & Rosettte Marescotti) to primary caregivers. The Humanitude care involves eye contact, speech, touch and verticality. The research instruments comprised: 1) data collection instruments covering personal information, mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE Thai-2002) and Cohen-Mansfield Agitation inventory (CMAI) 2) experimental instruments: Program of Humanitude Care Activities by Primary Caregivers, Humanitude Knowledge Test, Humanitude Care Assessment and a telephone follow-up form. Analysis was conducted using one-way repeated measure ANOVA and pairwise comparison method were used to assess this experiment. The result shows that the mean or average of agitative behavior after providing humanitude care knowledge and procedure decreased significantly from the first time measured at the level of p < 0.1. and it also continuously decreased significantly during 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 weeks at the level of p < 0.1.

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Published

03-01-2019

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พุฒิวัฒนธราดล ธ, เกศพิชญวัฒนา จ. The Effect of Humanitude Care by Caregiver on Agitation Behaviors of Older People with Dementia. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 3 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];19:241-9. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/164715