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Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study
BACKGROUND: Agitated behaviors are frequently observed in patients with dementia and can cause severe distress to caregivers. However, little evidence of the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for agitated behaviors exists for patients with dementia. The present pilot study aimed to evalua...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23293522 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S38943 |
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author | Sato, Junko Nakaaki, Shutaro Torii, Katsuyoshi Oka, Mizuki Negi, Atsushi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Narumoto, Jin Furukawa, Toshi A Mimura, Masaru |
author_facet | Sato, Junko Nakaaki, Shutaro Torii, Katsuyoshi Oka, Mizuki Negi, Atsushi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Narumoto, Jin Furukawa, Toshi A Mimura, Masaru |
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description | BACKGROUND: Agitated behaviors are frequently observed in patients with dementia and can cause severe distress to caregivers. However, little evidence of the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for agitated behaviors exists for patients with dementia. The present pilot study aimed to evaluate a behavioral management program developed by the Seattle Protocols for patients with agitated behaviors in Japan. METHODS: Eighteen patients with dementia (Alzheimer’s disease, n = 14; dementia with Lewy bodies, n = 4) participated in an open study testing the effectiveness of a behavioral management program. The intervention consisted of 20 sessions over the course of 3 months. The primary outcomes were severity of agitation in dementia, as measured using the Agitated Behavior in Dementia scale (ABID) and the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI). RESULTS: The behavioral management program resulted in significant reductions in total scores on both the ABID and CMAI. Although both physically agitated and verbally agitated behavior scores on the ABID improved significantly, symptoms of psychosis did not improve after the intervention. CONCLUSION: The behavioral management technique may be beneficial to distressed caregivers of patients with dementia. In the future, a well designed study to develop the behavioral management program more fully is needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-35336882013-01-04 Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study Sato, Junko Nakaaki, Shutaro Torii, Katsuyoshi Oka, Mizuki Negi, Atsushi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Narumoto, Jin Furukawa, Toshi A Mimura, Masaru Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat Short Report BACKGROUND: Agitated behaviors are frequently observed in patients with dementia and can cause severe distress to caregivers. However, little evidence of the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for agitated behaviors exists for patients with dementia. The present pilot study aimed to evaluate a behavioral management program developed by the Seattle Protocols for patients with agitated behaviors in Japan. METHODS: Eighteen patients with dementia (Alzheimer’s disease, n = 14; dementia with Lewy bodies, n = 4) participated in an open study testing the effectiveness of a behavioral management program. The intervention consisted of 20 sessions over the course of 3 months. The primary outcomes were severity of agitation in dementia, as measured using the Agitated Behavior in Dementia scale (ABID) and the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI). RESULTS: The behavioral management program resulted in significant reductions in total scores on both the ABID and CMAI. Although both physically agitated and verbally agitated behavior scores on the ABID improved significantly, symptoms of psychosis did not improve after the intervention. CONCLUSION: The behavioral management technique may be beneficial to distressed caregivers of patients with dementia. In the future, a well designed study to develop the behavioral management program more fully is needed. Dove Medical Press 2013 2012-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3533688/ /pubmed/23293522 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S38943 Text en © 2013 Sato et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Sato, Junko Nakaaki, Shutaro Torii, Katsuyoshi Oka, Mizuki Negi, Atsushi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Narumoto, Jin Furukawa, Toshi A Mimura, Masaru Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
title | Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
title_full | Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
title_fullStr | Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
title_full_unstemmed | Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
title_short | Behavior management approach for agitated behavior in Japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
title_sort | behavior management approach for agitated behavior in japanese patients with dementia: a pilot study |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23293522 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S38943 |
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