Use of Actigraphy to Measure Symptoms of Agitation in Dementia.
Dementia
actigraphy
agitation
measurement
neuropsychiatric
Journal
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
ISSN: 1545-7214
Titre abrégé: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9309609
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2019
08 2019
Historique:
received:
11
12
2018
revised:
21
02
2019
accepted:
22
02
2019
pubmed:
7
4
2019
medline:
29
8
2020
entrez:
7
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To evaluate the feasibility and validity of actigraphy as a measurement of agitation in dementia. Participants aged 65 and older, diagnosed with dementia, residing in a geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit or long-term care facility were included in a cross-sectional study. Agitation was assessed using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Actigraphy was measured over seven days and compared across groups categorized as low or high agitation based on a CMAI cutoff score of 50. Twenty participants were enrolled (mean age = 74.3 years, standard deviation [SD] = 8.69). The 24-hour mean motor activity as measured with actigraphy was significantly different between the low and high agitation groups (180.23, SD = 86.34 versus 81.51, SD = 30.29, Z = 2.29; p = 0.02). Most actigraph variables had significant correlations with CMAI and NPI scores. Actigraphy was highly correlated with informant-based methods for measuring agitation in individuals with dementia and actigraphy may be useful tool for measuring agitation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30952608
pii: S1064-7481(19)30266-0
doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.02.013
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.