Relationship between depression and agitation in nursing home residents.
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
Bok Engelsk
Flere språk: Engelsk
| Utgitt | c.Copenhagen : Munksgaard4c[1988]
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| Omfang | 6 s.
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| Utgave | Kopi
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| Opplysninger | Nursing staff and social workers independently ratedthe manifestations of agitation and depression in 408 nursing homeresidents. The role of dementia was also investigated. The relationship betweenagitation (3 factors: aggressive, physically nonaggressive, andverbally agitated) and depression (2 factors: social functioning and depressedaffect) was examined. While residents who manifested eitheraggressive behavior (e.g., hitting, cursing) or physically nonaggressivebehaviors (e.g., general restlessness, pacing) tended to be morecognitively impaired, aggressive behaviors were negatively related to thesocial functioning aspect of depression, and physically nonaggressivebehaviors were not related to either aspect of depression. Verballyagitated individuals were more cognitively intact and displayed depressedaffects. It is conceivable that depressed affect was perceived only inverbally agitated residents since these persons were able to communicatetheir depression to caregivers. This result raises questions concerningthe meaningfulness of depression measurements in noncommunicativeresidents.
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