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Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia
BACKGROUND: An enriched environment for residents with dementia may have a positive effect on the rest-activity rhythm. A small scaled homelike special care unit might be such an enriched environment. The present study shows whether the rest-activity rhythm of residents with moderate to severe demen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28679366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0525-1 |
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author | Kok, Jeroen S. Berg, Ina J. Blankevoort, Gerwin C. G. Scherder, Erik J. A. |
author_facet | Kok, Jeroen S. Berg, Ina J. Blankevoort, Gerwin C. G. Scherder, Erik J. A. |
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description | BACKGROUND: An enriched environment for residents with dementia may have a positive effect on the rest-activity rhythm. A small scaled homelike special care unit might be such an enriched environment. The present study shows whether the rest-activity rhythm of residents with moderate to severe dementia responds positively to a transfer from a regular Special Care Unit (SCU) to a small scaled homelike SCU. METHODS: Initially, a group of 145 residents living in a regular SCU participated. Out of this group, 77 residents moved to a small scaled homelike SCU. This group was compared to the group of 68 residents that remained at the regular SCU. Rest-activity rhythm was assessed by means of actigraphy and observation scales before and after relocation. RESULTS: No significant main effects nor significant interaction effects in intradaily and interdaily activity were found for the data of 38 residents in the small scaled homelike SCU and 20 residents of the regular SCU. The effect sizes, however, ranged from small to large. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the effect sizes, a new study with a larger number of participants is necessary before firm conclusions can be drawn. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN11151241. registration date: 21–06-2017. Retrospectively registered. |
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spelling | pubmed-54989842017-07-10 Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia Kok, Jeroen S. Berg, Ina J. Blankevoort, Gerwin C. G. Scherder, Erik J. A. BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: An enriched environment for residents with dementia may have a positive effect on the rest-activity rhythm. A small scaled homelike special care unit might be such an enriched environment. The present study shows whether the rest-activity rhythm of residents with moderate to severe dementia responds positively to a transfer from a regular Special Care Unit (SCU) to a small scaled homelike SCU. METHODS: Initially, a group of 145 residents living in a regular SCU participated. Out of this group, 77 residents moved to a small scaled homelike SCU. This group was compared to the group of 68 residents that remained at the regular SCU. Rest-activity rhythm was assessed by means of actigraphy and observation scales before and after relocation. RESULTS: No significant main effects nor significant interaction effects in intradaily and interdaily activity were found for the data of 38 residents in the small scaled homelike SCU and 20 residents of the regular SCU. The effect sizes, however, ranged from small to large. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the effect sizes, a new study with a larger number of participants is necessary before firm conclusions can be drawn. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN11151241. registration date: 21–06-2017. Retrospectively registered. BioMed Central 2017-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5498984/ /pubmed/28679366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0525-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kok, Jeroen S. Berg, Ina J. Blankevoort, Gerwin C. G. Scherder, Erik J. A. Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
title | Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
title_full | Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
title_fullStr | Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
title_full_unstemmed | Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
title_short | Rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
title_sort | rest-activity rhythms in small scale homelike care and traditional care for residents with dementia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28679366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0525-1 |
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